The UK Health Security Agency said on March 19 that it is investigating an outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease in Kent that, as of March 18, was linked to 27 cases: 15 confirmed and 12 ...

The cull order in Alappuzha district follows reported H5N1 confirmation in Muhamma and will cover a 1-km radius around the outbreak center. Kerala authorities will cull 5,961 domestic birds in Muhamma ...

H5N1 has been reported in five local bodies in Kozhikode district, with culling operations set to follow, according to PTI and local media reports published on March 18 and 19. The affected areas were ...

A specialist contractor has collected 30 dead swans from waterways near Canary Wharf. Officials say tests are under way and are urging people not to touch carcasses. More than 30 swans have died in ...

Israel’s Health Ministry said a 6-year-old child died of measles on Sunday, bringing the total number of deaths in the current outbreak to 16, according to a ministry statement reported by the Times ...

Malaysia’s Health Ministry has urged the public to wear masks in crowded, enclosed places, improve indoor ventilation, and seek medical attention for coughs lasting more than two weeks, as ...

Israel’s Agriculture and Food Security Ministry reported H5N1 in fattening turkeys at a commercial coop in Moshav Nahalal in northern Israel. The flock size was 8,000 turkeys. Authorities established ...

In a follow-up on recent stories on Nipah virus infections in Bangladesh (HERE, HERE), the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has reported on their website, six Nipah ...

A number of hemorrhagic fever cases caused by Hantavirus have been reported in the city of Xi’an in Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, according to China state-affiliated media, The Global Times.

The head of the World Health Organization has warned that damage to petroleum facilities in Iran could contaminate air, food and water, after residents in Tehran reported what they described as black ...

The Japanese Ministry of Health reported Monday, Tokyo, Osaka, and Ibaraki Prefectures reported that the following 13 men have been confirmed as monkeypox (mpox) patients as a result of laboratory ...

Some 200 kids in Boni forest, Garissa County, Kenya have been stricken by an outbreak of schistosomiasis, aka bilharzia and diarrhea due to drinking contaminated water, according to a report in The ...