Taiwan CDC stresses benefits of flu vaccine and urges parents to get preschool-aged children vaccinated against flu to ensure adequate immunity

Four cases of norovirus infection confirmed among clusters of diarrheal illness in travelers that recently visited South Korea; Taiwan CDC and Korean health authorities investigate cluster events together; Travel agencies advised to change restaurants they cooperate with and travelers urged to pay attention to food and personal hygiene

WE-CHECK for our Brave Companions campaign finds 364 new HIV-positive cases in three months

WE-CHECK for our Brave Companions campaign finds 364 new HIV-positive cases in three months

The H7N9 Central Epidemic Command Center confirmed the second imported case of H7N9 avian influenza on December 31, 2013

As Taiwan CDC announces this year’s first case of coxsackievirus A5 infection with severe complication, public urged to wash hands properly and caregivers of children advised to pay attention to prodromal symptoms of severe enterovirus infection in children

Taiwan CDC urges public to thoroughly clean up and remove vector-breeding sites and physicians to stay vigilant against dengue fever as dengue outbreaks in southern Taiwan continue to persist

As approach for rabies control shifts from short-term emergency response measures to medium-long term control efforts, Central Epidemic Command Center for Rabies is deactivated and Executive Yuan’s Coordination Meeting for Avian Influenza and Major Zoonoses Control will coordinate future rabies control efforts

Public urged to wash hands properly and caregivers of children advised to pay attention to prodromal symptoms of severe enterovirus infection in children as Taiwan CDC announces one new case of enterovirus 71 infection with severe complications

As dengue outbreaks in Pingtung County remain rampant and more dengue hemorrhagic fever cases continue to occur in southern Taiwan, Taiwan CDC urges public to empty water from containers to prevent transmission