NewsDesk @bactiman63 From late February 2023 to 10 March 2023, 67 cases of botulism, probably of iatrogenic origin, related to intragastric injection of botulinum toxin (BTX) were reported in Germany...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 European health authorities are reporting an increase in diphtheria cases through September this year. As of 26 September 2022, 92 cases of diphtheria among migrants, including a...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Switzerland officials report that up to eight people living in a centre for asylum seekers in the capital of Bern, contracted diphtheria, according to a SwissInfo report. The cases...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Zurich Zoo announced today the death of five-year-old elephant cow Ruwani to Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpes Virus-Hemorrhagic Disease (EEHV). Ruwani is the third elephant to...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 For the third year in a row, Switzerland has reported less than 500 new HIV cases, according to the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). In 2019, 421 new cases were reported....

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) in Switzerland reported the number of coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19 cases are increasing rapidly. The latest numbers...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The number of cases in Switzerland is increasing rapidly. In order to limit the number of serious illnesses and to avoid overloading our health system, joint action...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Italian Health Ministry reported an additional 3,497 coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19 cases, bringing the country’s total to 21,157. In addition, 175...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Italian health officials reported nearly 800 additional COVID-19 cases in the past day, bringing the the outbreak total to 3,858. In addition, the death toll has...

Last year, a 26-year-old man receiving treatment for leukemia went to a Swiss hospital’s emergency room with a fever, a sore throat, and a cough, and was admitted. His condition worsened, and 17 days...