While up-to-date vaccines are the best front-line defence, Australian authorities suggested a range of precautions to avoid ...

Infectious disease researchers have identified Pteropine orthoreoviruses (PRVs), a group of newly emergent bat-borne viruses, ...

A long-running debate over Tamiflu’s safety in children may finally be settled. Researchers found that influenza, not the ...

Brain-eating amoeba cases in Kerala wreaked havoc this year. While the survival rate has over the years improved as per a BBC report, number of cases are rising rapidly. (Image source: Canva) A surge ...

Aussies have been urged to remain vigilant this summer after a deadly mosquito-borne virus was detected in regional Victoria. The Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) has been found in mosquitoes caught ...

A heartbreaking case that my team and I will never forget involved a sales manager whose access to long-term disability (LTD) benefits was cut off at the two-year mark. Without hesitation, his spouse ...

Kerala has reported 80 cases and 21 deaths due to Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare and fatal brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri. The state health minister Veena George ...

Midland Health Services has confirmed St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) in Midland County for the first time this year. Midland Health Services places mosquito traps throughout the county, and the ...

Meghalaya's Health Minister M Ampareen Lyngdoh reported a rise in Japanese Encephalitis (JE) cases, with 147 cases detected between April 2024 and March 2025, up from 89 the previous year. West ...

A Hamilton man and two horses have been infected with a rare and potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus, health officials say. Late last month, Hamilton Public Health Services said it received ...

Health officials said on Tuesday that an amoeba was found in the well water at the residence of a nine-year-old girl who died last week due to amoebic encephalitis, a rare brain infection, in this ...