One of the commonest ailments, among urban Nigerians, is arguably typhoid fever. Once there is a recurrent or resistant fever, many Nigerians, without a clinical analysis, believe the sick person is ...

India faces a surge in typhoid cases, exacerbated by unreliable diagnostic methods like the Widal test, leading to misdiagnosis and delayed treatment. The rise in cases is further complicated by ...

Monrovia — A prominent global infectious disease expert, Dr. Dougbeh Christopher Nyan has proposed the banning of the Widal Test in Liberia, a serological testing method commonly used for diagnosis of ...

Pune: Typhoid cases have risen 65% to 112 in the first half of this year as compared to 68 in the same period in 2024, PMC data showed, with experts highlighting an increase in patients with prolonged ...

ISLAMABAD: The country’s top public health institute, the National Institute of Health (NIH), has directed health facilities and practitioners across the country to stop prescribing two basic tests of ...