Don’t you just love the Olympics? The Summer Olympics present an opportunity to see the youth of the world competing at the highest levels of athleticism and sportsmanship. This summer, it also presents an opportunity to contract some really world-class diseases if you go to the Beijing for the competitions.

The Centers for Disease Control and […]

Outbreaks of infectious diseases reported today through the worldwide ProMed network include:

Hand, foot & mouth disease in China, Macao S.A.R.
Porcine enzootic reprodroductive and respiratory syndrome in Viet Nam
Malaria in Africa as a result of substandard and counterfeit drugs
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Turkey
Canine rabies restrictions have been lifted in England
Human and bovine anthrax in […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sent out the following cheery message to warn those of us who might be going to Asia to celebrate the new year with firecrackers and dragon dances and stuff:
Keeping Yourself Safe from Bird Flu: An Important Message for People Traveling to Asia To Celebrate the Lunar New […]

Bird flu. Doesn’t sound very threatening, does it? Perhaps you’re more concerned about the possibility of getting West Nile virus or SARS (sudden acute respiratory syndrome). But you should be worried about bird flu, or the H5N1 virus, as it’s known. Very worried.
Avian flu virus has every earmark of becoming a pandemic, or worldwide epidemic. […]