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By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Taiwan health officials reported today (computer translated) on the first novel coronavirus case. The patient, a woman in her 50s, worked in Wuhan, Mainland China. She was flown in from Wuhan yesterday, due to fever and cough. Shortness of breath and other symptoms were detected by the airport quarantine staff for medical treatment. X-ray […]The post Novel coronavirus case confirmed in Taiwan appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By Amanda Rachel Brunetti The measles outbreak that began in early October 2019 across the Pacific Island region is ongoing. A disease alert issued by Reliefweb and a situation report published by WHO/UNICEF provide recent updates on the countries affected by the outbreak. These updates have been summarized below. Immunization against measles is an effective, well-established […]The post Update on the measles outbreak in the Pacific Islands appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in the Philippines report investigating the case of a five-year-old who traveled from Wuhan, China and was admitted in Cebu City for manifesting fever, throat irritation, and cough prior to entering the Philippines. The patient as of today is still experiencing cough but is currently stable and afebrile. Samples from the […]The post Suspect coronavirus case investigated in Cebu City, Philippines appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the Singapore National Environment Agency (NEA) are reporting more than 1,000 dengue fever cases during the first 20 days of 2020. To date, 1,118 cases have been reported and as of today, there are 100 active dengue clusters reported, with the large dengue clusters located at Begonia Drive, Jalan Bangau, Bukit […]The post Singapore records more than 1,100 dengue cases in 1st three weeks of 2020 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on a post from Thursday concerning media reports about monkeypox in Cameroon, the World Health Organization via the Cameroon Ministry of Health has provided additional details. They state their has been two total cases and one death. The index case is a 13-month-old child from Tomba1 village, health area of […]The post Cameroon monkeypox: Follow-up and more details appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The National Institute of Communicable Diseases in South Africa is reporting an outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae at the neonatal unit at Tembisa hospital. According to the latest information, from 1 November 2019 through to 16 January 2020, 22 babies were diagnosed with a K. pneumoniae bloodstream infection and 21 babies were infected with […]The post South Africa: Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak at Tembisa hospital neonatal unit appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Nova Scotia declared a provincial outbreak of syphilis after an increase of syphilis cases in 2019. Preliminary data recorded 82 cases in Nova Scotia in 2019. That compares to approximately 50 cases in 2018 and 38 cases in 2017. The cases to date have been diagnosed in people ages 20-to-65+ years […]The post Canada: Syphilis outbreak declared in Nova Scotia appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In the latest in this ever evolving and concerning novel coronavirus (2019-NoCv) outbreak linked to Wuhan City, Hubei province, China, the National Health Commission in China reports the confirmed and suspected case tally published today (computer translated). As of Jan. 20 at 6 pm China time, a total of 224 cases of pneumonia […]The post China novel coronavirus case count now well over 200 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced last week that a month long measles and rubella vaccination campaign was to commence on Jan. 12 at Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar and nearby areas. More than 300,000 Rohingya refugees will be vaccinated, officials note. The vaccination teams are supported by a total of 132 trained vaccinators, 264 […]The post Bangladesh: Measles vaccination campaign begins in Cox’s Bazar appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in the Philippines announced that its Sabayang Patak Kontra Polio (SPKP) campaign, for polio vaccination, has been extended to ensure that no child is left unvaccinated and to boost protection for those already vaccinated. The succeeding rounds are scheduled on January 20 to February 2 in all regions of Mindanao, and […]The post Polio vaccination campaign, ‘Sabayang Patak Kontra Polio’ extended appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews On Sunday, Los Angeles County health officials confirmed one case of measles in a person who arrived at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) into the Tom Bradley International Terminal on January 12, 2020 while infectious and visited several places in Los Angeles County while infectious. The following public places were visited by the […]The post Measles case confirmed in Los Angeles: Possible exposure at LAX, CVS appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Sri Lanka National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) reports the rise in the number of dengue patients in the country, especially during the past two months of 2019 is due mainly to the previously latent serotype 3 (DENV3) becoming active and to the changing weather patterns bringing intermittent rain from August. Dengue fever […]The post Sri Lanka dengue increase due to DENV-3 appearance, changing weather patterns appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the Beijing Daxing District Health and Health Committee have confirmed two novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases, according to a Sina News report (computer translated). The patients had a history of travel to Wuhan, were hospitalized in medical institutions in Daxing District and testing performed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]The post China: Two coronavirus cases confirmed in Beijing appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The South Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported today on the first confirmed, imported case of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Officials say the case is a Chinese woman in her 30s who suffered from fever, headache and other symptoms after arriving at Incheon International Airport […]The post South Korea reports imported novel coronavirus case appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan have reported (computer translated) a congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) case in a child from Iwaki City. This is the first CRS case in the prefecture in several years. According to the Iwaki City Public Health Center, the boy is suspected of having congenital hearing loss and is […]The post Japan reports congenital rubella syndrome case in Fukushima Prefecture appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In this video, I try to do an update with the rapidly-fired information that is put out daily on the Wuhan City, China novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. I show that the case count has jumped to nearly 200 in Wuhan, in line with predictions with global infectious disease analysis. We also see the […]The post Wuhan novel coronavirus outbreak update: January 19, 2020 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

With the arrival of summer when the occurrence of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, such as yellow fever increase, the Brazilian Ministry of Health is alerting the population to get vaccinated against the disease. The alert is mainly focused on the population that lives in the South and Southeast regions of the country due to the […]The post Yellow fever alert issued in southern and southeastern Brazil appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Vermont state health officials have declared a hepatitis A outbreak, becoming the 31st state to do so since 2016. Health Commissioner Mark Levine, MD said the outbreak here is in the early stages, but that case number trends have prompted the department to make the formal declaration. “We’ve been anticipating an outbreak of […]The post Vermont is the latest state to declare a hepatitis A outbreak appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

An international team of scientists has synthetically engineered mosquitoes that halt the transmission of the dengue virus. Led by biologists at the University of California San Diego, the research team describes details of the achievement in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the insects that spread dengue in humans, on January 16 in the journal PLOS Pathogens. Researchers in UC San […]The post Researchers develop the first mosquitoes synthetically designed to neutralize dengue appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In an update on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in Wuhan City, China, the Wuhan Municipal Commission of Health reports (computer translated) 17 additional cases, bringing the total in the city to 62. No additional deaths were reported. The death toll remains at two. The 17 cases were detected by screening by national and […]The post China: Wuhan officials report 17 additional coronavirus cases appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Zimbabwe are reporting some 177 cattle have died from anthrax while 87 people were treated for the disease in various clinics and hospitals in areas across the country after eating meat from cattle that died from the infection during this season. Division of Veterinary Field Services, Acting Director, Dr. Wilmot […]The post Anthrax in Zimbabwe: Scores being treated after eating tainted meat appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Taenia solium–also called pork tapeworm–is a parasite which causes disease around the world, particularly in very poor communities with deficient santiation and where pigs roam free. Researchers have now analyzed the efficacy and adverse effects of three chemotherapeutics against T. solium and report their results in a review published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. In its adult form, T. […]The post Taenia solium drugs: Study examines efficacy against the pork tapeworm appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Austin Public Health is investigating a confirmed rubella case less than a month after confirming the first measles case in Travis County since 1999 – which is also the last time a Travis County resident had rubella. Nationwide, there are typically less than ten rubella cases annually, most of which are associated […]The post Austin, Texas: 1st rubella case reported since 1999 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Since the report Thursday of four additional polio cases reported in the Philippines, there has been a flurry of news activity coming from the archipelago. Let’s take a look at a sample: QC polio case ‘immunocompromised’, says DOH THE Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, January 17, disclosed that the three-year-old boy afflicted […]The post Polio news from the Philippines: 4 new cases reported appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the chikungunya situation in Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, a report in the Djiboutian Human Village magazine states (computer translated) that the chikungunya epidemic in the country is unprecedented. According to an official communication from the Minister of Health, Mohamed Warsama Dirieh, of Tuesday, December 24, the significant increase […]The post Chikungunya epidemic in Djibouti: ‘Unprecedented’, according to media report appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

While the risk of novel (new) coronavirus (2019 nCoV) is low in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is taking proactive preparedness precautions. CDC and the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will implement enhanced health screenings to detect ill travelers traveling to the United States on direct […]The post San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles airports to implement health screenings for novel coronavirus appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Media sources in Bangladesh (HERE and HERE) are reporting a Nipah virus infection in the city of Khulna. The reported case is a 20-year-old female who has been hospitalized since last Saturday at the Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH). “A medical board has confirmed her infection by Nipah virus. As Rashida’s infection is […]The post Nipah virus infection reported in Khulna, Bangladesh: Media reports appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the National Park Service are reporting scores of cases of gastrointestinal illness at Yosemite National Park. To date, 170 individuals, including park visitors and employees have experienced GI illness, with two confirmed norovirus cases among them. Most of these individuals spent time in Yosemite Valley and occurred on and around the […]The post Norovirus reported at Yosemite National Park appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews After reporting 24 human rabies deaths in 2019, the third rabies case has been reported at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre in Karachi in January to date, according to a Dawn report. The third and latest case is a 35-year-old woman from Thatta who was received a dog bite two months ago. The […]The post Karachi reports 3rd human rabies case in January… so far appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews India’s Ministry of Health issued a travel advisory for China due to the novel coronavirus in Wuhan City, Hubei province. According to the advisory, 41 confirmed cases have been reported so far, including two deaths. Only travel related cases have been reported in Thailand and Japan. The clinical signs and symptoms are mainly […]The post India issues travel advisory for China due to novel coronavirus appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan City, China, Thailand health officials have now reported the second confirmed case in the country (computer translated). According to the Ministry of Health, screening for travelers from Wuhan City People’s Republic of China found the second confirmed pneumonia case, in a patient who […]The post Novel coronavirus: Thailand reports 2nd confirmed case appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Nigerian health officials reported two additional confirmed monkeypox cases in December 2019, one each in Rivers and Imo states, bringing the total for the year to 46 confirmed cases for 2019. No death recorded in the reporting month. One monkeypox fatality was reported in 2019. Four states (Lagos, Delta, Rivers and Bayelsa) accounted […]The post Nigeria closes out 2019 with two additional confirmed monkeypox cases appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) received a record number of Lyme disease case reports from health providers in 2019, with 2,079 cases as of January 16, 2020. This is the highest number of cases ever reported in the state, and the number may continue to rise as providers make […]The post Maine reports more than 2,000 Lyme disease cases in 2019 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Diagnostic test Researchers from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have developed a new laboratory assay to detect the novel Chinese coronavirus. The assay protocol has now been published by WHO as a guideline for diagnostic detection. The new assay enables suspected cases to be tested quickly. […]The post Novel coronavirus in China: Diagnostic test, 2nd death in Wuhan appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Federal health officials declared the Salinas-linked romaine lettuce E. coli O157:H7 outbreak over on Wednesday. Officials say contaminated romaine lettuce that made people sick in this outbreak harvested from the Salinas Valley growing region in California is no longer available for sale. CDC is no longer advising that people avoid romaine lettuce from […]The post E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce declared over appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials have issued a alert in the town of Ayos in Eastern Cameroon due to a fatal monkeypox case, according to a media report. The case was discovered on January 9. The Regional Delegate of Public Health for the East Region, Dr Anicet Désiré Mintop, calls for a health watch in all […]The post Monkeypox alert issued in Eastern Cameroon: Media report appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

The first animal study of a pig virus’ potential to jump to another species shows that the virus, once introduced to a select group of birds, is easily transmitted to healthy chickens and turkeys. The researchers who led this work were part of a team that previously found in a lab setting that the virus […]The post Research: Pig virus, porcine deltacoronavirus, shows cross-species transmission to poultry appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Philippines Department of Health reported today the confirmation of four more polio cases in the country, bringing the total number of polio cases to 16 since the outbreak was declared in September 2019. The Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) reported two additional polio cases from Maguindanao, both males, ages two- and […]The post Philippines polio case tally now 16, new cases from Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and Quezon City appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Japanese Ministry of Health reported (computer translated) a case of the novel coronavirus in Kanagawa Prefecture. The individual recently traveled to Wuhan City, Hubei province, China. The patient, a 30 year old man, presented with symptoms of fever since returning from Wuhan and was hospitalized on Jan. 10. He recovered and was […]The post Japan reports novel coronavirus case in traveler to Wuhan appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

One Health is a term used frequently in recent years. If you’re not familiar with the term, you’ve come to the right place. Joining me to discuss One Health and a recent resolution passed by the US Senate is Cheryl M. Stroud, DVM, PhD. Dr Stroud is the Executive Director of the One Health Commission. […]The post One Health with Cheryl Stroud, DVM, PhD appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Kentucky state health officials and the Barbourville Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) hospital are working closely with the local health department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to investigate a “potential case of an infectious disease”. “We want to assure Kentuckians we are aware of a potential infectious disease and are working […]The post Kentucky: Union College student hospitalized for ‘potential case of an infectious disease’ appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews For the second consecutive year, Japanese health officials reported more than 6,000 syphilis cases. According to Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo, 6,577 cases were reported in 2019. Last year, the number of cases were even higher at 6,923. Prior to 2018, the last time Japan saw more than 6,000 syphilis […]The post Japan reports more than 6500 syphilis cases in 2019 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews According to the State Secretariat of Health (Sesapi), from January 1 to December 24, 6,698 cases of dengue fever were confirmed in Piauí state in northeast Brazil. This is a 318 percent increase in cases of the disease compared to the same period of 2018. Only one dengue-related fatality was reported in the […]The post Brazil: Dengue cases up 318 percent in Piauí state last year appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews First it was cholera, then diphtheria, now it appears the latest infectious disease epidemic to hit war-stricken Yemen is dengue fever. In a recent Save the Children press release, the NGO warns of a dengue epidemic. This comes after more than 52,000 suspected cases have been recorded across the country, including 192 deaths, […]The post Dengue in Yemen: The latest infectious disease epidemic appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In a recent situation update, UN officials report that currently, 11 human cases have been confirmed. The Philippines is affected by both cVDPV1 and cVDPV2. cVDPV is considered a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). In addition, the three cVDPV1 cases from Sabah, Malaysia are all genetically linked to the Basilan case. […]The post Philippines polio case count is 11, country affected by both cVDPV1 and cVDPV2 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with Western Australia’s Parks and Wildlife Service announced today that Serpentine Falls, in Serpentine National Park south of Perth, is closed for swimming until further notice. Water sampling detected the ‘brain-eating amoeba’, Naegleria fowleri, which can cause an infection known as amoebic meningitis, or primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). Amoebic meningitis is rare, but can […]The post Australia: Dangerous amoeba prompts closure of Serpentine Falls appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the imported, lab-confirmed novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) reported in Thailand, the World Health Organization (WHO) provided additional details in a news release today. The case is a 61-year-old Chinese woman living in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. On 5 January 2020, she developed fever with chills, sore throat and headache. […]The post Thailand novel coronavirus: WHO with more details appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Karachi, Pakistan reported 16 Naegleria fowleri infections/deaths (primary amoebic meningoencephalitis [PAM]) in 2019. In fact, more cases of N. fowleri were reported in Karachi since the first case was reported in 2008, which stands at 146, than in the United States (145 cases were reported from 1962-2018). In a correspondence […]The post Pakistan: Is the Naegleria fowleri strain seen in Karachi different? appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Los Angeles County Health Department is calling on physicians and other healthcare providers to be alert for disseminated gonococcal infections (DGI). This comes after a December letter from Director, Division of STD Prevention at the CDC, Gail Bolan, M.D., which reporting concerns of a troubling rise in DGIs. CDC has received increasing […]The post LA County health asks health providers to be alert for disseminated gonococcal infections appeared first on Outbreak News Today.