A new study has shed light on how Staphylococcus aureus emerges, by discovering how it is able to jump between species.
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23 July 2018
The BBC has reported that a new drug to treat malaria has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US.
20 July 2018
There is an outbreak of polio in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, and all travellers to the country should be vaccinated against the disease.
19 July 2018
Public Health England (PHE) has agreed to accelerate the reintroduction of hepatitis B vaccine for travellers.
17 July 2018
In Penang, Malaysia, cases of hand, foot and mouth disease are on the rise, with 1,675 cases recorded this year.
16 July 2018
Japan has seen a more than three-fold increase in cases of syphilis between 2014 and 2017.
13 July 2018
In the city of Wuzhou in China, cases of rubella (German measles) are on the rise among unvaccinated teenagers and adults.
12 July 2018
Researcher by Osaka University in Japan may lead to a new approach to treating infectious diseases as an alternative to antibiotics.
11 July 2018
The number of tick-borne disease cases in the US has more than doubled in the last 13 years.
09 July 2018
According to a new report from the World Health Organization, the Ministry of Health and WHO are continuing to closely monitor the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
05 July 2018
Researchers are using citizen science data combined with NASA Earth satellite observations to create new forecast models that can predict the spread of mosquito-carrying diseases.
