NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Syrian Civil Defense in opposition-held areas said, on Tuesday, that two people died due to an outbreak of cholera in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck southern Turkey...

Just two weeks after the catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria, two more earthquakes with 6.4 and 5.8 magnitudes just shook the region, terrifying people once again. The...

Turkey’s Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca made a statement with Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Dönmez, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the first cholera case reported in Lebanon since 1993, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health reported on Monday 14 cholera cases in Akkar Governorate, which shares...

Fears of a Cholera outbreak are growing among the health sector in northwest Syria. With an already strained health care system due to years of war, attacks on healthcare facilities, and most recently,...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Northeastern Syria, which is controlled by the “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF), is witnessing a sharp rise in the number of leishmaniasis cases, according...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations- USA (UOSSM) reports Northwest Syria is in a critical situation with the recent surge in COVID-19 cases. Since...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Since July 2019, 26 cases of three different types of salmonella, S. Havana, S. Mbandaka and S. Orion have been reported. The most recent cases were reported on May...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Officials at Hajin Hospital are reporting a widespread surge of cutaneous leishmaniasis, aka Aleppo boil, among children in Hajin and its villages east of Deir ez-Zor, according...

While sifting through the archives I stumbled across several old radio interviews that I never published as podcasts. This interview from March 2014 with founding dean of the National School of Tropical...