Category: Outbreak News

This past week, cities in the interior of São Paulo state in Brazil are experiencing an outbreak of Varicela (Chicken Pox). Cities affected include Mogi

Five cases of pneumonic plague, including one death, were recently identified in Nyingchi prefecture located in Tibet’s southwestern region. Tibet’s health department has announced that

On 13 September, France reported its first case of indigenous Dengue. Five days later, it confirmed a second; both cases are in Nice. Another 6

UK’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) announced recently that it is investigating a surge in Salmonella Typhimurium DT8 cases linked to consumption of duck products, especially

Earlier this month, numerous media outlets reported the 6 September death of a 64 year old Welsh woman and 11 additional diagnoses of Legionnaire’s disease

Japanese encephalitis is a mosquito-borne virus which can produce an acute encephalitis leading to seizures, coma or death. An ongoing encephalitis outbreak in Gorakhpur, Uttar

A cholera epidemic that began in Nigeria has spread to Cameroon, Chad, and Niger. In Chad nearly 40 people have died, and 600 are reported

A series of curious tick-borne related cases and deaths were recently reported out of Shangcheng County in Henan Province. Patients all display symptoms indicative of

Although 18 Dengue deaths have been reported in the French overseas territories of Martinique and Guadeloupe, the case reported in Nice is the first case

The NDM-1 gene which gives bacteria resistance to many strong antibiotics (see our 17 Aug 2010 blog) has been found in California, Illinois, and Massachusetts.