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Cidara Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company developing long-acting therapeutics to transform the standard of care for patients facing serious fungal or viral infections, and Mundipharma announced that the first patient has been dosed in its ReSPECT pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of the company’s lead antifungal candidate, rezafungin, for the […]The post First patient dosed in pivotal Phase 3 trial for novel antifungal for both treatment and prevention of serious fungal infections appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Maspeth, NY company, New Hoque and Sons, Inc., announced Thursday they were recalling Radhuni Curry Powder, contained in 400g plastic bottles, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Radhuni Curry Powder was distributed in New York City, New York, including grocery stores in Jamaica, Jackson Heights, and the Bronx. The product was distributed […]The post Radhuni Curry Powder recalled due to Salmonella risk, Distributed in NYC appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews COVID-19 update Philippines health officials reported 258 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths today, bringing the country total to 14,035 cases and 868 deaths. Three out of four of the new cases were reported from the National Capital Region. Health officials also clarified this week that the Philippines continues to be in the […]The post Philippines COVID-19 cases top 14K, Mall guidelines, Polio cases remain unchanged appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews On Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that South America has now become an epicenter of the global coronavirus pandemic. Here we’ll look at the four countries that have been hit hardest to date in the pandemic. Brazil Brazil has been hit the hardest by COVID-19, in fact, the country is going […]The post COVID-19 in South America: Brazil, Peru, Chile and Ecuador appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The city government of Toyohashi, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan reported (computer translated) a imported human case of rabies. This is the first such case in Japan since 2006. Officials say the patient contracted the viral infection while in the Philippines where they were bitten by a dog on the left ankle last September […]The post Rabies: Japan reports 1st human case since 2006 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

There has been reports of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infections in both domestic felines and large zoo cats in recent weeks. While these infections were characterized as human to feline transmission, what do we know about feline to feline or feline to human transmission? My guest today, University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher, Peter Halfmann, […]The post SARS-CoV-2 transmission in cats: A study appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Due to the spread of antibiotic-resistant strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, existing treatments for gonorrhea, the sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium, are no longer effective. In the absence of a vaccine, there is an urgent need to develop novel treatment options. “It’s becoming much more difficult to treat gonorrhea infections as a result of […]The post Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea: Discovery of new resistance mechanism sets stage for new antibiotics appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Ukraine report investigating a Salmonella outbreak in the southeastern Ukraine city of Zaporizhia. Twelve cases have been hospitalized with salmonellosis and sources of infection are being investigated to include food, drinking and wastewater. A few days before hospitalization, all the victims ate in the same cafeteria. Contact persons are also […]The post Salmonella outbreak reported in Zaporizhia, Ukraine appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

With a $661,216 grant from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, Brandon Jutras, an assistant professor of biochemistry in the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will study Lyme arthritis, including the cellular component that contributes to it. Lyme disease is the most reported vector-borne disease in the country. Over the past 20 years the […]The post Lyme arthritis: Virginia Tech researcher receives grant to study appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Bulgaria Ministry of Health reported 41 additional COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 2372 with 769 recovered. The cases registered for the last 24 hours are reported in the following districts: Blagoevgrad – 1; Kyustendil – 1; Pazardzhik – 17; Pleven – 2; Smolyan – 1; Sofia – 8; Yambol – 11. […]The post Bulgaria: Outbreak of Q fever in the midst of coronavirus pandemic appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews COVID-19 Brazil’s Ministry of Health reported some 18,000 coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the past 24 hours, putting the rapidly rising epidemic total to 310,087, third in the world. Officials say the number of people who have recovered is now 125,960, or 40 percent of the total. To date, the country has recorded […]The post Brazil: Coronavirus cases top 300K, Dengue closes in on 1 million appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Researchers from Sechenov University together with colleagues from several Russian institutes analysed data on the RNA structure of tick-borne encephalitis virus. Much larger than in previous studies, the data volume of the new study allowed them to estimate the age of the virus subtypes and track its spread in Eurasia. The results of the study […]The post Tick-borne encephalitis: ‘Most of the virus spreading events occurred in the last three or four centuries’ according to researchers appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Without access to soap and clean water, more than 2 billion people in low- and middle-income nations – a quarter of the world’s population – have a greater likelihood of acquiring and transmitting the coronavirus than those in wealthy countries. That’s the conclusion of a new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation […]The post COVID-19: Poor sanitation puts a quarter of the world’s population at risk appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews With the addition of 213 new COVID-19 cases, the Philippines Department of Health is now reporting a cumulative total of 13,434. In addition, four fatalities were reported, bringing that total to 846. Health officials have also reported 3,000 patients have recovered from the viral illness. Concerning COVID-19 testing and returning to work as […]The post Philippines COVID-19: Cases update, Testing requirements appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials with the Pangasinan Provincial Health Office (PHO) reported 935 dengue cases from January 1 to May 18 this year with nine dengue related fatalities. While the case count is lower this year to date–1,133 in 2019–the death count is up from two during the same period in 2019. According to PHO […]The post Dengue fatalities up in Pangasinan, Philippines appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and public health officials in several states report investigating an outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to contact with live poultry, such as chicks and ducklings, in backyard flocks. Officials say a total of 97 people have been infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Hadar from 28 […]The post Multistate outbreak of Salmonella Hadar infections linked to contact with backyard poultry appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

San Francisco based biotechnology company, Prellis Biologics, Inc. announced this week that it has generated 300 human IgG antibodies that bind to either the S1 or S2 spike protein of the SARS-CoV2-Wuhan strain of the novel coronavirus. Using the Prellis Externalized Human Immune System™ technology, the team produced 960 synthetic human lymph nodes that were challenged […]The post San Francisco company generates 300 human antibodies that bind the SARS-CoV2 virus appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

While most children infected with the novel coronavirus have mild symptoms, a subset requires hospitalization and a small number require intensive care. A new report from pediatric anesthesiologists, infectious disease specialists and pediatricians at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, describes the clinical characteristics and outcomes of children hospitalized with COVID-19, […]The post Severe COVID-19 response in children: Largest single-center study to date compares kids who need intensive care with those who do not appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) reported this week on a confirmed case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF). The case is a 60-year-old butcher from Tiguent, Mauritania presenting symptoms of fever, fatigue, headaches and epistaxis, with onset on 2 May 2020. He had a history of handling of the carcasses of meat and no […]The post Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever case reported in Mauritania appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Dengue fever The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies reports in a recent update that between January and 2 May 2020, a total of 42,710 laboratory confirmed cases of dengue were registered in Paraguay. This recent outbreak has led to the death of 64 people across 19 of the country’s […]The post Paraguay: Dengue, measles vaccines and COVID-19 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Swedish Public Health Authority, along with an expert working group, produced a guide for how freedom of infection can be assessed. Knowledge of infectiousness at COVID-19 is still limited, but several studies indicate that it is greatest in connection with the disease and the beginning of the disease course. The test method […]The post Sweden officials produce guidance on how to assess freedom of COVID-19 infection appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Florida state health officials reported the second locally-acquired dengue fever case of 2020 in Miami-Dade County. Earlier this year, a dengue local transmission was reported in Monroe County. Dengue can present as a severe flu-like illness with severe muscle aches and pain, fever and sometimes a rash. Usually, there are no respiratory symptoms. […]The post Dengue fever: Locally acquired case reported in Miami-Dade County appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

In a new study, researchers from the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus call attention to the emergence of mosquito-borne viral outbreaks in West Africa, such as dengue (DENV), chikungunya (CHIKV) and Zika (ZIKV) viruses. The findings are published in the current issue of Acta Tropica. “Emerging viruses are […]The post Emerging mosquito-borne viral diseases causing serious issues in west Africa appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Office of Rospotrebnadzor in the Moscow Region reported Monday on tick activity in the region (computer translated). As of May 14, 2020, 1,417 people went to health providers in the Moscow Region for medical assistance regarding tick bite cases, 518 of them were children. For the same period in 2019, 3731 complaints […]The post Moscow tick activity down, Lyme disease cases same as last year appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, Moderna, Inc., announced Monday positive interim clinical data of mRNA-1273, its vaccine candidate against novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), from the Phase 1 study led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Immunogenicity data are currently available for the 25 […]The post Coronavirus vaccine: Moderna announces positive interim Phase 1 data appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in the São Paulo state, Brazil city of Ribeirão Preto has reported 14,253 confirmed dengue fever cases through May 15 this year, roughly equaling the total for the period in 2019. The number of fatalities stand at 3. “Eighty percent of the cases are in people’s homes and awareness of the […]The post Brazil dengue: More than 14,000 cases reported in Ribeirão Preto appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Friday, UN health officials reported the last Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) case in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been discharged, starting the clock on the 42-day observation period. Since the resurgence of the outbreak on […]The post Ebola countdown starts as last patient is discharged appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

With $9 million in philanthropic support, an international group of physicians and scientists is establishing a research network to evaluate promising therapies for COVID-19. The group, called the COVID-19 Research Outcomes Worldwide Network (CROWN) Collaborative, is testing whether the antimalaria drug chloroquine can prevent COVID-19 infection or decrease its severity in front-line health-care workers. An […]The post Anti-malaria drug, chloroquine, studied to determine ability to protect health workers from COVID-19 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Patients infected with either severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) or SARS-CoV-2 produce antibodies that bind to the other coronavirus, but the cross-reactive antibodies are not cross protective, at least in cell-culture experiments, researchers report May 17 in the journal Cell Reports. It remains unclear whether such antibodies offer cross protection in the human body or […]The post Coronaviruses do not readily induce cross-protective antibody responses appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Commercial stage biopharmaceutical company, Zai Lab Limited, announced today dosing of the first Chinese patient in the global ATTACK (Acinetobacter Treatment Trial Against Colistin) Phase 3 registrational trial evaluating the combination of sulbactam and durlobactam (SUL-DUR) for the treatment of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections. “With over 200,000 occurrences estimated each year, China ranks among […]The post Acinetobacter baumannii infections: Global Phase 3 ATTACK trial of Sulbactam-Durlobactam appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Bolivia Ministry of Health reported today 249 new infections of the COVID-19 virus in the country, the majority in the department of Santa Cruz, bringing the accumulated total of infected people to 3,826. The new infections correspond to the departments of Santa Cruz (221), Cochabamba (18), La Paz (5), Beni (3), Chuquisaca […]The post Bolivia COVID-19 update, Outbreak at Palmasola prison appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews On Sunday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed 623 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 62,234. All 67 counties in Pennsylvania have cases of COVID-19. Philadelphia has reported the most cases with 16140 cases and more than 1000 deaths. Concerning COVID-19 related deaths, the state is reporting 4,418 total […]The post Pennsylvania COVID-19: Cases top 62K, Seven out of 10 deaths in residents of nursing homes appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews On Sunday, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) reported fifteen additional COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths. They note not all of these reported individuals have been hospitalized or have died in the past 24 hours. Some patients are reported later. This brings the country totals to 43,995 confirmed COVID-19 patients, […]The post Netherlands COVID-19 update, Serology Task Force says rapid tests unreliable appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews On April 28, Nigerian health officials declared the emergency phase of the 2020 Lassa fever outbreak over after reporting the largest Lassa fever outbreak ever reported in any country, ‘anywhere in the world’. The Lassa fever cases do continue and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported nine additional cases during the […]The post Nigeria Lassa fever cases reach 1,000 in 2020 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The National Environment Agency (NEA) in Singapore has reported 7,502 dengue fever cases through May 15 this year, doubling the case count for the same period in 2019. NEA also reports at least seven dengue-related deaths to date. The deceased were between 60 and 80 years of age and had lived or worked […]The post Singapore: Dengue cases top 7500, Doubling same period last year appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) reported last week (computer translated) that the parasitic nematode (worm), anisakis has been reported in a batch of Boquerones en Vinagre made by Pescados Medina. According to officials, three infections have been documented, all mild cases of food poisoning. The product involved is in […]The post Spain: Food safety authorities warn of anisakiasis in anchovies, 3 infected appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews On Friday, the Government of Slovenia officially declared to end to the COVID-19 epidemic in the country. The SARS-CoV-2 Infectious Disease Epidemic (COVID-19) was declared in Slovenia on March 12. Since the first case was recorded on March 4, 1,465 cases have been confirmed, including 103 deaths. The National Institute of Public Health […]The post Slovenia declares end to COVID-19 epidemic appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Brazil Ministry of Health registered 15,305 new COVID-19 cases and 824 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total of 218,223 cases for coronavirus and 14,817 deaths. In addition, 84,970 (38.9%) of the patients have recovered. The report of this rise in cases came as Brazil’s health minister, Nelson Teich […]The post Brazil COVID-19 cases and deaths rise, Health minister Nelson Teich resigns appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews A EcoHealth Alliance scientist says Malaysia has been a regional leader in the battle against COVID-19 as the country continues to report relatively low numbers of cases once again. Through May 15, the Malaysia Ministry of Health reported 6,855 cases since the pandemic began with the addition of 36 new cases today. In […]The post Malaysia COVID-19: ‘Showing itself as a regional leader in dealing with zoonosis’ appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Brazil Ministry of Health reported an additional 13,944 new cases and 844 new deaths Thursday, bringing the country totals to 202,918 cases and 13,993 deaths (a lethality rate of 6.9% ) since the first case was confirmed in the country on February 26. Officials report that another 2,000 deaths are under investigation. […]The post Brazil COVID-19 outbreak tops 200,000 cases, nearly 14K cases seen in 24 hours appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By Glenn Laverack, PhD Here are ten things we must do better in health promotion during the COVID-19 outbreak: 1. We must better protect frontline workers. Frontline workers including health professionals in clinical and community settings, carers at home and in residencies and people whose work brings them into regular contact with the public must […]The post COVID-19 pandemic: Ten things we must do better in health promotion appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

A clinical trial has begun to evaluate whether the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, given together with the antibiotic azithromycin, can prevent hospitalization and death from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is sponsoring the trial, which is being conducted by the NIAID-funded […]The post Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to treat COVID-19 clinical trial begins appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) reported a record more than 2,000 Lyme disease cases in 2019 and officials announce during this Lyme Disease Awareness Month that providers are already reporting cases in 2020, and the number will rise as we enter the summer months. This has prompted health […]The post Maine Lyme disease: ‘Providers are already reporting cases in 2020, and the number will rise as we enter the summer months’ appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Office of Rospotrebnadzor in the Stavropol Territory reports the first case of infection with Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) this year in the southwestern Russia region. The patient is a resident of the Arzgir district with confirmed diagnosis of CCHF after a tick bite. In 2019, Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever was confirmed […]The post Russia: 1st Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic fever case reported in Stavropol Territory appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

The Sabin Vaccine Institute (Sabin) and its partner ReiThera Srl today announced that the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has exercised the first two options, valued at $20 million, under the 2019 […]The post Ebola Sudan and Marburg Vaccines: Sabin Vaccine Institute gets $20 million from BARDA for further development appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) has received two new confirmations of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus 2 (RHDV2) in domestic rabbits in the past week. The confirmations were reported on one Lubbock County premises and one Midland County premises. To date, RHDV2 has been confirmed in domestic rabbits in the following Texas counties: […]The post Texas: Additional Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease confirmations reported appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

In a study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists in the U.S. and Japan report that in the laboratory, cats can readily become infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and may be able to pass the virus to other cats. Professor of Pathobiological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin […]The post Cats, COVID-19 transmission and what should pet owners do? appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews New York health officials are now reporting the investigation of approximately 102 cases and three deaths due to Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome potentially associated with COVID-19 in New York. Of these cases, 60 percent of the children displaying these symptoms tested positive for COVID-19 and 40 percent tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies. Additionally, […]The post Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome potentially associated with COVID-19 in New York appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

The Swedish Public Health Authority conducts several investigations to find out the presence of COVID-19 in Sweden. The results of the first survey at national level , with a total of 2 573 participants, are now clear. They show that an estimated 0.9 percent of the population had an ongoing infection with COVID-19 when the samples were collected […]The post Sweden releases results of COVID-19 prevalence investigation appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Scientists around the globe are working to identify approved and investigational drugs that can be repurposed to treat COVID-19. UC Davis Health researchers provided one of those repurposed drugs, senicapoc, to launch a clinical trial at Aarhus University in Denmark. The study will assess whether the drug can mitigate lung damage in patients with COVID-19. Senicapoc […]The post Senicapoc, a drug developed to treat sickle cell anemia, being studied for COVID-19 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.