LOS ANGELES, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The United States has reported a total of 483 confirmed measles cases in just three months of 2025, surpassing the total number of infections for all of 2024, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday.
DAR ES SALAM, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania on Monday joined the international community in marking World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, saying the government has successfully reduced new TB infections by about 40 percent in eight years.
GENEVA (Reuters) -There could be 2,000 new HIV infections every day globally due to USAID cuts, the United Nations AIDS agency said on Monday.
LUSAKA, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Zambia on Thursday confirmed its first mpox-related death as the cumulative number of laboratory-confirmed infections reached 31 in the southern African nation.
Tuberculosis remains a top killer, even though effective treatment for this infectious disease is available.
MANILA: Biologists at the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Science have developed an alternative and more cost-effective rapid test for the detection of a common type of preventable and curable sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevalent among women.
HONG KONG: An E coli infection linked to the death of a doctor in Princess Margaret Hospital is unlikely to lead to widespread transmission, according to renowned microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung.
BANGKOK: A total of 107,570 influenza cases have been recorded in Thailand so far this year, and nine people have died from the virus, the Public Health Ministry revealed on Tuesday (Feb 18).
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, who is spending his fifth day in hospital for what doctors described as a "complex" respiratory infection, will not take part in this weekend's Holy Year events, the Vatican said on Tuesday.
SACRAMENTO, the United States, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Vital data and analyses from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about dangerous flu outbreaks have been blocked from release since U.S. President Donald Trump took office, leaving doctors and public health experts struggling to respond to escalating infections, U.S. media quoted health experts as saying.
BUCHAREST, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Romania has registered a "record" number of respiratory infections and flu cases, exceeding 170,000 nationwide between Jan. 27 and Feb. 2, Health Minister Alexandru Rafila announced Thursday.
BEIJING: A woman in China who was carrying nine fetuses and underwent surgery to remove seven of them in November has lost the remaining two babies after suffering a serious infection.
Reports indicate that no family members were present at the hospital with him at time of death.
Birds can get the flu too, and sometimes, they can pass it on to humans to our detriment.
BUCHAREST, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Romania recorded 133,635 cases of acute respiratory infections and eight flu-related deaths in the week from Jan. 20 to 26, the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) announced on Thursday.
BEIJING: Beijing has made a fresh rebuke to some voices labeling China's recent cases of infection with human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, as an "unknown virus", calling such claims "run counter to basic scientific knowledge and scaremongering".
PETALING JAYA: The expected rise in year-end acute respiratory infections are being monitored closely by the Health Ministry.
PETALING JAYA: The rise in acute respiratory infections during the year-end and start of the new year period is common. It is, however, being monitored closely by the Health Ministry.
Manage your symptoms with these suggestions and seek medical care if needed.
KUNMING, (China): A total of 121 primary school students from Southwest China's Yunnan province are recovering from suspected infections of norovirus, local health authorities said on Friday (Jan 3).