Infectious diseases

US and European aid cuts could result in 22.6 million deaths worldwide, study finds

A Rohingya refugee child standing near a refugee camp at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

Tuberculosis rates fall for the first time since Covid-19 pandemic: WHO report

In 2024, 1.23 million people died from TB, a fall of 29 per cent from 2015.

Keeping yellow fever out of S’pore is one top priority for new Communicable Diseases Agency

Scientific officer Falah Yusrina Zailani, 31, donning a fully encapsulating protective suit to collect and process pathogens such as tuberculosis and yellow fever.

New infectious diseases agency to chart S'pore’s new pandemic plans: PM Wong

PM Lawrence Wong likened pandemic preparedness to taking out an insurance policy against future crises, and noted that this always comes at a cost.

Canada loses measles elimination status amid deadly surge

Healthy awareness posters related to the measles outbreak during a public health awareness campaign, at the Taber Health Centre, in the largely Mennonite community of Taber, Alberta, Canada, October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot

Mandatory bird housing imposed in England as bird flu spreads

The disease is spreading rapidly in Europe, with the highest number of countries in at least a decade reporting early outbreaks

Coronavirus found in Brazilian bats expands global map of risk

The virus, named BRZ batCoV, was detected in Pteronotus parnellii – a small insect-eating “moustached” bat common across Latin America.

Mass culling ordered near Berlin as Germany battles bird flu surge

Duck carcasses are disposed of at a duck farm in Neuhardenberg, following the outbreak of the highly contagious bird flu among cranes at a gathering place for migratory birds, in the federal state of Brandenburg, Germany.

Hong Kong records first local case of mosquito-borne virus chikungunya

Hong Kong has recorded 46 cases of chikungunya this year, all of which were imported.

Taiwan detects first cases of swine fever

A vendor cuts meat at a pork stall at a local traditional market in Keelung on October 23, 2025. Taiwan has culled dozens of pigs after detecting its first cases of African swine fever, with the agriculture ministry saying on October 23 no other infections have been detected elsewhere on the island.

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