Leprosy not hereditary, get early treatment to avoid serious complications
The disease is not transmitted through touch but via droplets, from nose and mouth, for example, when one sneezes, coughs or shares meals.
Sat Jan 27 2024
In Mexican jungle, scientists prepare for future pandemics
The goal of the Franco-Mexican project is to detect diseases known as zoonoses transmitted from animals to humans in tropical climates.
Wed Apr 12 2023
Salmonella, a leading cause of foodborne outbreaks
It is most often transmitted to humans who eat food contaminated with the faeces of an infected animal, according to the CDC.
Sun Apr 10 2022
China's Henan imposes more COVID curbs as cases spike, though numbers small
Henan reported 64 domestically transmitted local infections with confirmed symptoms for Wednesday.
Thu Jan 06 2022
Indonesia says detects first locally transmitted Omicron case
The first confirmed case was a man who visited a restaurant in Jakarta's central business district earlier this month.
Tue Dec 28 2021
Singapore reports first locally transmitted Omicron case
Singapore has detected its first locally transmitted case of the COVID-19 variant Omicron in a member of staff at the city state's airport, warning that more Omicron cases are likely to be detected.
Fri Dec 10 2021
Australian koalas line up for chlamydia vaccine in new trial
Chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease also found in humans, has spread widely among Australian koalas.
Sat Oct 16 2021
COVID: Singapore reports 35 new cases; 16 in community
Singapore has reported 16 new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection for the past 24 hours, reportedly the highest number of community cases since July last year.
Thu Apr 29 2021
NASA's Mars helicopter succeeds in historic first flight
Data and images from the autonomous flight were transmitted back to Earth where they were received by NASA's array of ground antennas.
Tue Apr 20 2021
COVID: 17 cases of South African B.1.351 variant detected
The phylogenetic analysis, as well as geographical linkages, showed the probability that the locally transmitted cases have originated from the same source of infection.
Wed Apr 14 2021
Chinese city on Myanmar border orders home quarantine, COVID-19 tests
China's city of Ruili that borders Myanmar ordered on Wednesday a one-week home quarantine due to new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases.
Wed Mar 31 2021
COVID: Malaysian one of two new community cases in Singapore on Thursday
The Malaysian man was one of two new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection reported in Singapore on Thursday.
Fri Feb 26 2021
Two gorillas at San Diego Zoo test positive for COVID-19
The source of the gorillas' infection was still under investigation to determine whether the virus was transmitted between animals or from humans to the apes.
Tue Jan 12 2021
Taiwan reports first locally transmitted COVID-19 case since April
The new locally-transmitted case was a woman in her 30s who had close contact with the New Zealand pilot.
Tue Dec 22 2020
China tests millions after coronavirus flare-ups in 3 cities
Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities.
Mon Nov 23 2020