Infectious Diseases

11+ hour, 34+ min ago   (270+ words) The White House has been monitoring reports of a suspected case of plague and related quarantine measures in Russia. Source: Axios, citing an official from US President Donald Trump's administration Details: Russian health authorities have taken precautionary measures following the…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (140+ words) A researcher’s death has prompted conflicting accounts of possible exposure, while officials in Irkutsk have taken precautions at several locations. The White House is monitoring reports of a possible plague outbreak in Russia and assessing options for what to do…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago   (188+ words) A White House official told Axios that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is aware of a suspected plague outbreak in the Irkutsk region. A White House official told Axios that the administration of U.S President Donald Trump is aware…...

3+ hour, 7+ min ago   (450+ words) In brief: The White House is monitoring reports of a suspected plague case in Russia after a 27-year-old institute worker died and 189 people were hospitalized following contact with her. Russian authorities have not confirmed the diagnosis, while a hospital in…...

3+ hour, 3+ min ago   (468+ words) Russian authorities have not officially confirmed that the woman died from pneumonic plague. The country’s consumer watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said she had been diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown aetiology and that expanded testing had found no microorganisms associated with her professional…...

5+ hour, 8+ min ago   (290+ words) The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is monitoring reports about a probable case of plague in Russia's Irkutsk region and the quarantine measures introduced there. Axios reports this, citing a White House representative. "The administration has been briefed on the…...

4+ hour, 22+ min ago   (245+ words) There are different forms of plague. Bubonic plague, which causes painful swollen lymph nodes known as buboes, is the most common. Pneumonic plague affects the lungs and is the most severe form. "Pneumonic plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia…...

24+ min ago   (671+ words) A Karachi study of 308 Gram-negative catheter-associated urinary tract isolates found bla_NDM as the dominant carbapenemase gene and identified ICU admission, prior antibiotic exposure, and catheterization beyond seven days as independent risk factors for gene carriage....

24+ min ago   (748+ words) An investigation at an Indian cancer centre documents a cluster of difficult-to-treat Klebsiella pneumoniae infections, highlighting the vulnerability of immunocompromised patients and the infection control systems that protect them....

7+ hour, 58+ min ago   (317+ words) By: Opeyemi Babalola Date: 5 October 2026 4:11am WAT Researchers and health experts have called for greater efforts to take scientific findings on antimicrobial resistance beyond university lecture halls and laboratories, warning that research will have limited impact if the knowledge does not…...