By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 Mr Ri Kyong Gun, Director of the Veterinary and, Ministry of Agriculture, Anti-Epizootic Department in Pyongyang, North Korea reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health...

Here is a look at some interesting infectious disease and health news reported across the globe: Canada-wide Hep A and Hep B vaccine shortage A Canada-wide shortage of hepatitis A and B vaccines is a...

The World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region announced today that North Korea (DPR Korea) and Timor-Leste were verified for eliminating measles. According to WHO, elimination of measles...

Several times over the years I see media outlets use hyperbolic and sensationalized headlines and stories in serious topics in the world of outbreaks and infectious diseases. Whether it be about plague...

According to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Vice Minister of Public Health (MoPH) in North Korea officially informed the World Health Organization...

Despite being shot multiple time, harboring multiple roundworm parasites and being infected with hepatitis B, the North Korean defector that made it into South Korea more than a week ago is expected to...

A typhoid outbreak that began in June in the North Korean province of Ryanggang, on the China border, has the country’s health officials struggling to contain the spread of the disease, according...

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Discussions on North Korea’s military arsenal -nuclear and conventional- has been headline news, particularly with threats coming from the Hermit Kingdom of missile launches towards Guam. North Korea’s...

I was joined by biodefense and bioterrorism researcher and Professor at Laboure College in Milton, MA, Lawrence Roberge PhD for an interview on the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show, to discuss the...