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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reports that they and other health organizations present in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar in Southeastern Bangladesh have been trying to manage the outbreak of scabies. The number of scabies patients has surpassed MSF’s capacity to respond alone. Witnessing a high upsurge of scabies cases, MSF scaled […]The post Bangladesh: Scabies outbreak in Rohingya refugee camps appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 A 3-year-old girl was infected with an unusual Mycobacterium marinum infection, that developed following an iguana bite while she was on holiday in Costa Rica, report the doctors who treated her at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Copenhagen, Denmark (15-18 April) in an early release. The authors believe […]The post Mycobacterium marinum infection after iguana bite: Case report appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 During the past month, South African health officials have reported four additional cholera cases, bring the total to 10 since early February. All new cases were detected in Gauteng Province over the last week, and have been classified as indigenous cases. Three of the new cases are in the City of Johannesburg and are […]The post South Africa cholera update: Total cases rise to 10, All new cases are locally transmitted appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the report of the General Directorate of Health Surveillance, in the last three epidemiological weeks (EW 10, 11 and 12 of the year 2023), 14,588 cases of chikungunya have been reported, of which 49% are in Asunción and Central , and 51% in the interior of the country, with Alto Paraná being […]The post Paraguay chikungunya: More than half the cases reported are outside of Asunción and Central appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week issued a travel notice (Alert Level 2 -Yellow) for Equatorial Guinea due to the expanding and ongoing Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak. On February 13, 2023, Equatorial Guinea declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease. Confirmed cases have been reported in multiple provinces. The […]The post CDC issues travel notice (Alert Level 2) for Equatorial Guinea due to expanding Marburg outbreak appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 As tick season kicks in across the country, the executive director of the University of Massachusetts Amherst-based New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEWVEC) and his team have completed research that offers a promising lead in the fight against Lyme disease. The study, published recently in the journal Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases, demonstrates that the blood […]The post Lyme disease: White-tailed deer blood kills Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By: Candess Zona Mendola of MakeFoodSafe.com The FDA and CDC have announced another Salmonella outbreak, this time linked to raw flour. This Salmonella Flour Outbreak currently has affected 12 people in 11 states. Three of which have been hospitalized. Illnesses started on dates ranging from December 6, 2022, to February 13, 2023. The true number […]The post Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Flour appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) says the trend of the ongoing Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Equatorial Guinea is worrying with the increased number of new confirmed cases reported. Overall, from 13 February (when the outbreak was officially declared in the country) to 21 March, a cumulative number of nine confirmed, 20 probable […]The post Marburg virus outbreak increases in Equatorial Guinea ‘worrying’: WHO appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health of Guinea notified WHO last week of a confirmed fatal case of Lassa fever in a three-year-old male child from the Kobela health area, Nzerekore health district. The date of onset of symptoms was 13 March 2023, with fever, asthenia, anorexia, and dry cough. On 20 March 2023, the child […]The post Lassa fever death reported in Guinea child appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today that norovirus has been confirmed as the causative agent in outbreak on three additional voyages–Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Equinox and Celebrity Constellation and Princess Cruises’ Ruby Princess. Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Equinox’s March 9–March 18, 2023 voyage had 136 illnesses among passengers and crew. Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Constellation March 6–March 17, 2023 voyage […]The post Norovirus confirmed on three recent cruises appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 New Zealand health officials confirmed the country has had its first case of rabies. The overseas traveller died from the disease last week, but this person posed no health risk to any member of the public while in New Zealand. The disease was contracted overseas and then the person was diagnosed in New Zealand. […]The post New Zealand reports its first case of rabies appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Hanoi reported this week the number of cases of chickenpox and dengue fever in the city continued to increase. Compared to the same period in 2022, the number of chickenpox cases recorded in Hanoi in early 2023 increased sharply. Specifically, last week, Hanoi also recorded 86 cases of […]The post Hanoi records dramatic increases in chickenpox, dengue fever appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Measles Health officials in the Philippines report 208 measles cases from the beginning of the year through March 11, a 478 percent increase over the 36 cases reported during the same period in 2022. 13 of the 17 regions have seen increases in measles cases, some seeing dramatic increases– Zamboanga Peninsula is up 4000%, Central […]The post Philippines measles cases top 200, Dengue cases doubled from last year appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Eurasian strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H5N1) was detected in two mountain lions in Mono County in December 2022 and January 2023, according to wildlife health experts with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). While additional disease testing is being conducted to rule out the possibility of co-infections, HPAI […]The post California: H5N1 Avian Influenza Detected In Deceased Mountain Lions appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 A team from the United States CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has been in the country for a few days. These are epidemiologists from the Division of Vector Diseases who were invited by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare to support the response to the current chikungunya epidemic. The committee of […]The post Paraguay experiences its largest chikungunya epidemic and is one of the largest recorded in South America, CDC team in country appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health reports the first case of bird flu in humans in Chile, reported in northern Chile. The individual is a 53-year-old man affected by a severe influenza case. He is currently stable. The health protocols established for the management of this disease were activated and the corresponding tests were taken for […]The post Chile reports 1st human case of H5N1 avian influenza appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Three years after the first case of Covid-19 registered in the country, Brazil reached another sad milestone this Tuesday, March 28: 700,000 deaths caused by the disease. The Ministry of Health says thousands of them could have different stories with a simple action: vaccination. In combating the biggest health crisis in the country’s history, science […]The post Brazil reaches the mark of 700,000 deaths from Covid-19 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In 2022, the number of cases of opisthorchiasis morbidity increased in the Novosibirsk Region. This is a parasitic disease caused by flatworms. According to data provided by the Rospotrebnadzor Office for the region, last year the number of cases was 2,566 people, which is 1,076 more than in 2021, when the incidence was at […]The post Russia: Increase in opisthorchiasis cases in Novosibirsk region appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The intense rains that were recorded in Lambayeque caused the collapse of the drainage system in various parts of the region, as well as the presence of sewage in the streets of the affected neighborhoods. This has resulted in the proliferation of leptospirosis, a disease that is contracted by being in direct contact with the urine of an infected animal or surfaces contaminated with said substance. […]The post Peru: 20 cases of leptospirosis have been registered in Lambayeque appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Health authorities in Kazakhstan report today that since January of this year, 270 measles tests by sequencing have been performed, and of that total, 82 were positive. The largest number of positive tests occurred in the city of Almaty, the Turkestan region and the Zhetysu region. Measles is an acute viral disease that manifests […]The post Measles outbreak in Kazakhstan: 82 laboratory confirmed cases to date appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) issued a Japanese encephalitis advisory nationwide last Thursday (March 23) after the Culex tritaeniorhynchus mosquito was confirmed for the first time this year in Jeju and Busan. This year, Japanese encephalitis advisory was issued 19 days earlier than last year (April 11, 2022). This is because the […]The post South Korea: Japanese encephalitis advisory issued after mosquito confirmed in Jeju and Busan appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Argentina National Ministry of Health reports that up to epidemiological week 11 of 2023 (from March 12 to 18), 9,388 cases of dengue were reported in the country, of which 8,504 acquired the infection in Argentina. At the moment, the circulation of this virus has been identified in 13 jurisdictions: Buenos Aires (3 […]The post Dengue and chikungunya situation in Argentina appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the measles outbreak in Kazakhstan, the Sanitary Epidemiological Control Committee of the Health Ministry reports 145 suspected measles cases, of which 75 (68 among kids under 14, and seven in adults) are confirmed nationally through March 27. Of the confirmed cases, 52 were reported among unvaccinated kids, 11 among ones […]The post Kazakhstan measles outbreak update, Vaccination coverage a problem appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the meningitis outbreak in Togo, the Togolese Ministry of Health now reports a total of 123 suspected cases of meningitis reported in the Oti Sud district, including 12 deaths, through March 19. The national reference laboratory confirmed the presence of Streptococcus pneumoniae in 17 cases by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) […]The post Togo Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis outbreak update appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a recent paper in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), authors report U.S. babesiosis incidence significantly increased in northeastern states in the past decade or so. What is this tickborne parasite, why is it increasing and what are the public health implications of it? Joining me today to discuss Babesiosis and […]The post Babesiosis in the US with the CDC’s Megan Swanson appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to preliminary data from the Health Surveillance Directorate of the Ministry of Health, during 2022 a total of 375 cases of tuberculosis were registered, which represents an increase of 5% compared to 2021, when they counted 357 cases. Tuberculosis is an infection caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Koch’s bacillus) that mainly affects the lungs. However, […]The post Costa Rica: Tuberculosis cases increase by 5% in 2022 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Chinese health officials are reporting one human case of H3N8 avian influenza. According to the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (computer translated): One case of H3N8 was reported in Zhongshan City. The case was a 56-year-old female with multiple myeloma and other basic medical history. She had a history of exposure […]The post China reports human H3N8 avian influenza case in Zhongshan City, Guangdong province appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 For mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever, the abundance of the insects in places where people gather has long served as the main barometer for infection risk. A new study, however, suggests that the number of “hidden” infections tied to a place, or cases of infected people who show no symptoms, is the key […]The post Role of asymptomatic dengue cases previously underestimated appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Public Health Agency of Canada recently reported in a infographic in the Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) that the number of infectious syphilis and congenital syphilis cases in Canada have risen sharply during the period of 2017 to 2021. According to the numbers, there were seven confirmed cases of early congenital syphilis in […]The post Syphilis in babies: Canada reports large increase over four year period appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The March 11–March 23, 2023 voyage of Royal Caribbean International’s Enchantment of the Seas is the seventh and latest cruise ship outbreak the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating. On this latest outbreak, 97 passengers and crew were struck with symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea. The […]The post Royal Caribbean International’s Enchantment of the Seas the latest cruise ship outbreak in 2023 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In response to the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak recently declared in Tanzania, the Africa CDC said the following: “Africa CDC remains committed to support Tanzania and her neighbors to arrest this outbreak as soon as possible. We urge members of the public to continue sharing information in a timely manner with the authorities […]The post Africa CDC ‘remains committed to support Tanzania and her neighbors to arrest this outbreak as soon as possible’ appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) wrote in a recent Disease Outbreak News (DON) concerning the geographical expansion of dengue and chikungunya beyond the historical areas of transmission in the Region of the Americas: There have been 2.8 million dengue cases reported in the Americas in 2022, which represents over a two-fold increase when compared to […]The post Paraguay: A high incidence of meningoencephalitis possibly associated to chikungunya reported appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Information from the Center for Disease Control of Ho Chi Minh City (HCDC) the city’s infectious disease surveillance system has recorded a cluster of influenza A/H1N1 cases with 20 students in a school. Specifically, on March 16, HCDC received a notice from the District 10 Medical Center about the unusual increase in the number of students of Vo […]The post H1N1 cluster reported at Ho Chi Minh City school appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the Ministry of Health, in the first two months of 2023, the number of dengue fever cases nationwide increased 2.3 times over the same period in 2022, especially in some provinces in the South and Central regions. In the face of the increase in dengue cases, the Ministry of Health has sent […]The post Vietnam: Dengue fever cases nationwide increased 2.3 times over the same period in 2022 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Public Health Scotland (PHS) recently published a report describing gonorrhea infections in Scotland from 2013-2022. The main points of the report is as follows: In 2022, there were 5,641 diagnoses of gonorrhea in Scotland. This is higher than recent years and represents a 49% increase on that observed in 2019 (3,776). Most diagnoses were […]The post Scotland: Gonorrhea cases almost 50% higher than the number recorded in 2019 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In Paraguay this week, the General Directorate of Health Surveillance reports 13,010 chikungunya cases in the last three weeks. The general director of Health Surveillance, Dr. Guillermo Sequera, explained that the increase in cases of this disease has been observed since the beginning of this year, in February it remained high, in March it […]The post Paraguay: Chikungunya continues to expand in the interior of the country appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Authorities of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) reported the epidemiological situation on leptospirosis, an endemic disease in Ecuador. Until March 12, 2023, 54 cases have been registered. Francisco Pérez, National Undersecretary of Surveillance, reported that the epidemiological surveillance report, permanent in the country, warned that Guayas is the province with the greatest increase […]The post Ecuador reports leptospirosis in Guayas province appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In Australia, SA Health has been notified of a case of measles in a three-year-old boy from regional South Australia who acquired the infection while travelling overseas. SA Health advises anyone who isn’t fully immunised, and particularly those who were in the locations at the times listed below, to be alert for symptoms over […]The post South Australia reports 1st measles case since 2019 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) reported on an additional confirmed melioidosis infection case had been recorded in the past week (March 18 to 24). The case involves a 76-year-old male who has diabetes and lives in Sham Shui Po. He developed fever, cough and generalised weakness on February […]The post Hong Kong reports 4th melioidosis case of 2023 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the polio case in Peru, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) offered more details on the case and timeline: Peru notified the PAHO on March 21 of a confirmed case of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (VDPV1). The case is a 16-month-old male, belonging to an indigenous community in the Manseriche […]The post Peru: More on the polio case appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 For the first time in the country, the presence of two species of Rickettsia bacteria (R. felis and R. ricketsii) was identified in ticks collected from cattle off the coast of Chiapas, as reported by a research group headed by scientists from the Regional Center of Public Health Research (CRISP), located in Tapachula, Chiapas. Rickettsia is […]The post Mexico: Rickettsia reported in cattle ticks in Chiapas for the first time appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Today, Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD) announced a case of measles in a Salt Lake County resident who traveled outside the U.S; the resident was not vaccinated against the disease. This is the first case of measles in Utah since 2017. The public is at minimal risk of illness due to this case. […]The post Utah reports 1st measles case since 2017 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Peru Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported the following in the case of a minor with acute flaccid paralysis in the Loreto region: 1. It is an isolated case of a child without a polio vaccine and others from the Scheme Regular, from a native community in the Datem del Marañón province, Loreto region, […]The post Peru: Acute flaccid paralysis case reported in Loreto region infant, Case is under investigation appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Equatorial Guinea, health officials report a cumulative number of nine confirmed and 20 probable cases have been recorded since the beginning of the outbreak and as of March 21. Of the eight new confirmed cases, two were reported from the province of Kié-Ntem, […]The post Equatorial Guinea Marburg outbreak grows to 9 confirmed cases appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Perrigo Company plc is issuing a voluntary recall of certain lots of Gerber® Good Start® SootheProTM Powdered Infant Formula in the U.S., that were manufactured at the Company’s Gateway Eau Claire, Wisconsin manufacturing facility from January 02, 2023 to January 18, 2023. This product is being recalled out of an abundance of caution due to the […]The post Gerber Good Start SootheProTM Powdered Infant Formula recalled due to the potential presence of the bacteria, Cronobacter sakazakii appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 On Monday, the CDC reported an increasing threat of the emerging fungus Candida auris. Today, the U.S. FDA today approved Cidara Therapeutics and Melinta Therapeutics’ REZZAYOTM (rezafungin for injection), a novel once-weekly echinocandin, for the treatment of candidemia and invasive candidiasis in adults 18 years of age or older who have limited or no […]The post REZZAYO approved by FDA amid rapid Candida auris spread appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Since the beginning of 2023, a total of 1,800 suspected cases of the typhoid fever epidemic, including 12 deaths, have been notified in the Panzi health zone in Kwango province, DRC media reports. These figures are made public by the organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) this Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in an information bulletin. This […]The post DRC: 1,800 suspected cases of the typhoid fever reported in Kwango province appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on Tanzania’s announcement of its first-ever outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice and offered advice for travelers to protect themselves. To date, eight cases have been identified and five have died. Confirmed cases have been reported in the […]The post CDC issues travel notice for Tanzania due to Marburg outbreak appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Ji Young-mi is advising precautions be taken to avoid contracting mosquito-borne infectious diseases when visiting Southeast Asia, as the first case of Zika virus infection was recently confirmed this year following the continuous occurrence of dengue fever and chikungunya fever among visitors to Southeast Asia. […]The post South Korea reports increase of mosquito-borne diseases in travelers to Southeast Asia appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Hanoi, the city recorded 70 cases of chickenpox this week, a slight decrease compared to the previous week when Hanoi saw 112 cases of chickenpox. Since the beginning of the year, Hanoi has recorded 548 cases of chickenpox, while during the same period in 2022, […]The post Vietnam: Hanoi reports 13,600% increase in chickenpox cases appeared first on Outbreak News Today.