Diseases

Japan and US university researchers identify gene key to mating of yellow fever mosquitoes

Besides yellow fever, the mosquito also transmits dengue fever and Zika virus.

Explainer: What is Shamonda virus and what are the risks to humans and animals?

Shamonda is a livestock virus that reached Europe this year decades after first being detected in Nigeria.

Brazil halts poultry shipments to Malaysia and China after disease outbreak

A poultry farm – with lime for disinfection – where an outbreak of Newcastle disease in turkeys was detected, in Nova Itaberaba, in Brazil’s Santa Catarina state, on Oct 20.

Kenya confirms new Ebola case, total at nine, health ministry says

A Kenyan Ministry of Health official checking the temperature of a traveller at the border with Uganda on Oct 12.

Brazil poultry exports face fresh threat after disease detected at MBRF supplier

The news risks hurting poultry sales for Brazil, as key importing countries have in the past restricted purchases after news of outbreaks.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Oct 11, 2026

Medical Mysteries

When fever, dizziness point to something more

Small fibre neuropathy patient Louisa Lim (centre) with her doctors Amanda Chan and Kewin Siah.

WHO unsure what caused pneumonia that killed plague-lab worker in Russia

A view of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Russia, where a laboratory worker who reportedly died from the disease worked.

Russia says all clear after contact tracing in reported plague case

Russia has not confirmed the woman died of plague, and Governor Igor Kobzev said in his statement she had contracted “community-acquired pneumonia”.

US measles outbreak: CDC offers states US$100 million in support

The funding is intended for immunisation programmes and for efforts to improve measles surveillance.

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