Guinea's government raised the death toll in the Ebola epidemic raging through its southern forests to 59. The health ministry told the AFP news agency workers battling to contain the outbreak ... Read more

Pilgrims traveling to the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia may be at increased risk for contracting and transmitting influenza, according to a letter to the editor published in Emerging Infectious Diseases... Read more

Experts are concerned about the spread of a new strain of bird flu that has already killed one woman in China. Experts are concerned about the spread of a new strain of bird flu that has already ki... Read more

A respiratory virus that has killed dozens of people, mainly in the Middle East, is widespread in camels and may be jumping directly from camels to humans. Called Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, ... Read more

BANGKOK, 3 February 2014 - Experts sometimes describe Southeast Asia as a “hotspot” for emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) because several major outbreaks have started in this region. Now... Read more