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By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Scores of measles cases were reported during the past week in Auckland, New Zealand as health officials now report 778 confirmed cases through today. Children under the age of 5, and those aged between 15-29, were most affected. Forty per cent of people who had contracted the illness had needed hospital treatment. According […]The post Measles outbreak grows in Auckland appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Rhode Island health officials are reporting a human Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) case in a resident from West Warwick. This is the first human EEE case in the state since 2010. This announcement comes a day after the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) issued an announcement about a horse in Westerly […]The post Rhode Island reports 1st human Eastern Equine Encephalitis case since 2010 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In this weeks episode of Outbreak News Across the Globe (ONATG), I look at the latest on the measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Asia, I talk about the Naegleria fowleri deaths in Karachi, Pakistan. In Australia, I look at an interesting study from Flinders University on Strongyloides found […]The post Outbreak News Across the Globe, Episode 2 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with Ottawa Public Health report the sexually transmitted infection, syphilis, is making a comeback. As reported in the Ottawa Citizen, syphilis has seen a 400 percent increase over the past five years. In Ottawa, cases increased from 30 in 2013 to 159 in 2018. As recently as 2000, there was only one […]The post Canada: Syphilis rising in Ottawa appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews West Nile virus The number of human West Nile virus (WNV) in the Las Vegas area has increased to 36, according to the latest information from the Southern Nevada Health District. Of the three dozen cases reported to date, 26 are classified as the more serious neuroinvasive type. WNV is a potentially serious […]The post Las Vegas: More West Nile virus, Hepatitis A exposure appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Lake County, FL health officials are reminding the public to avoid contact with wild and stray animals to protect themselves from the risk of rabies exposure after two people were exposed to raccoons that tested positive for rabies from the Mt. Dora and Clermont area. “Rabies is a potentially fatal disease. It is […]The post Florida: Lake County reports two raccoon rabies exposures appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In August 2019 to date, the Bangladesh Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has reported 50,974 dengue fever cases. What makes this even more astounding is this total for one month tops the total cases reported in the country from 2000 through 2018 (50,148). According to officials data, nearly 70,000 cases have been […]The post Dengue epidemic in Bangladesh: More than 50,000 cases in August 2019 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported an additional 235 Salmonella cases in the past month to the investigation several multistate outbreaks of Salmonella infections linked to contact with backyard poultry. As of August 23, 2019, a total of 1003 people infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella have been reported from 49 […]The post Multistate outbreaks of Salmonella infections linked to contact with backyard poultry: More than 1,000 cases reported appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By Jory Lange The Milwaukee Journal Sentinal reports, “Outpost Natural Foods’ main kitchen in Bay View remains closed as it searches for the source of Salmonella contamination that has sickened multiple people.” The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says, “Insanitary conditions were discovered during a routine inspection and ready-to-eat products tested positive for Salmonella.” Wisconsin suspended […]The post Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Milwaukee’s Outpost Natural Foods appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Ebola news has been plenty this week, particularly in the past couple days. First, a 9-year-old girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was diagnosed with Ebola in Kasese District, Uganda. By Friday morning, she had died from the illness. In addition, the DRC outbreak has met “another grim milestone” as […]The post Ebola outbreak: ‘Another grim milestone’ appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Earlier this month, the World Health Organization released some astounding preliminary information concerning measles during the first half of the year. In the first six months of 2019, reported measles cases are the highest they have been in any year since 2006. There have been almost three times as many cases reported to […]The post Measles and the MMR vaccine appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Transplantation of kidneys from Hepatitis C-infected donors to uninfected recipients is safe and can be successfully implemented as a standard of care, according to an observational study by physicians at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the James D. Eason Transplant Institute at Methodist University Hospital. The practice, which has been tested in […]The post Hepatitis C-infected kidneys safe to transplant to uninfected donors: Study appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Nebraska health officials report seeing an increase in mumps cases related to two separate outbreaks. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has seen at least 30 cases have been identified mainly among attendees of a wedding in Northeast Nebraska Public Health Department’s jurisdiction (Cedar, Dixon, Thurston and Wayne counties) and a […]The post Nebraska reports increase in mumps appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Iowa Department of Health reported this week that a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report finds the immunization rates for Iowa teens rose from 2017 to 2018. The 2018 National Immunization Survey measures coverage for the Tdap (diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough), meningococcal and HPV vaccines among teens aged 13 […]The post Iowa reports rise in immunization rates in teens appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced that a horse from Northwood has been identified with the Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus infection. This is the first finding of EEE in a horse this year, though a mosquito batch from Pelham tested positive for EEE two weeks ago. The […]The post New Hampshire reports 1st horse with EEE appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Massachusetts health officials reported yesterday on four additional confirmed cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus infection in horses from Holliston, Medfield, Brookfield and Granby. This brings the total number of horse cases of EEE to seven in Massachusetts this year. There have been four confirmed human cases of EEE this year. “As […]The post Massachusetts reports 4 additional EEE cases in horses appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In El Paso, TX, city health officials have reported three additional human West Nile virus (WNV) cases, bringing the total in the city to 13. Two deaths have been recorded. “It doesn’t appear that the mosquito-borne disease season will be coming to an end any time soon,” said Robert Resendes, Public Health Director. […]The post El Paso West Nile virus cases rise to 13 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Five additional wild polioviruses type 1 (WPV1) cases were reported in the past week in Pakistan. According to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, one case each was reported from Hangu, Bannu, and North Waziristan districts, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province; and, two from Hyderabad district, Sindh province. This brings Pakistan’s total to 58 this year […]The post Pakistan reports 5 more polio cases, Global total now 71 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews More than 1,000 laboratory confirmed cyclosporiasis cases have been reported in the past month or so, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of August 28, 2019, 1,696 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis were reported to CDC by 33 states, District of Columbia and New York City in people who became ill since […]The post Cyclospora cases in the US near 1,700 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture is reminding producers to be on the lookout for anthrax in their animals after an anthrax case was confirmed in the RM of Golden West in southeastern Saskatchewan. Anthrax was confirmed by laboratory results on August 29, 2019, as the cause of sudden death in seven animals. Anthrax […]The post Anthrax kills 7 animals in southeastern Saskatchewan appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up to a report last week concerning the United Kingdom losing it’s measles elimination status, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that 4 countries (Albania, Czechia, Greece and the United Kingdom) lost their measles elimination status. “Re-establishment of measles transmission is concerning. If high immunization coverage is not achieved and […]The post Europe: Four countries lose measles elimination status appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By: Candess Zona-Mendola, MakeFoodSafe The Hidalgo County Health has announced that the state of Texas is in the middle of a cyclospora outbreak. The health department confirmed that over 300 people have tested positive for the parasite in Texas. More than 70 cases of these cyclosporiasis cases have been reported to the Hidalgo County Health […]The post Texas is in the Midst of a Cyclospora Outbreak appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By Robert Herriman @infectiousdiseasenews Lyme disease. So much we seem not to know, in many different areas. Draft guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease were recently issued by the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)–two really big, contentious issues. And of course there are the disagreements of how the various organizations view […]The post Lyme disease: The major players, the disagreements and the IDSA draft guidelines appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the Chiba Prefectural Health and Welfare Department Disease Control Section reported (computer translated) this week on a melioidosis fatal case. The case is a 75-year-old man who was admitted to a medical institution in Kamogawa City on August 6 and died on the same day with sepsis and shock symptoms. It […]The post Japan: Melioidosis case reported in Chiba, Presumed contracted in Thailand appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews People skeptical of the medical establishment who live close to a measles outbreak have a greater chance of changing their mind, according to a University of Idaho study. The study, led by Assistant Professor of Political Science Florian Justwan, found people who are skeptical of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — […]The post CDC skeptics more likely to change minds about vaccines if they live near a measles outbreak appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and the Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC) have published a study in the journal Nature Communications revealing the structure of a key protein, known as a portal, in Epstein-Barr virus infection. The Epstein-Barr virus, which belongs to the herpesvirus family, is one of the […]The post Epstein-Barr virus: IRB Barcelona researchers describe a key protein appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Cases of falciparum malaria has spiked in Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh state, with officials reporting 550 Plasmodium falciparum (PF) cases in the past month compared to about 150 in the first seven months of 2019. According to reports, the less serious Plasmodium vivax (PV) malaria has accounted for more than 18,000 cases […]The post India: Malaria in Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The New Jersey Departments of Health (NJDOH), Environmental Protection (NJDEP), and Agriculture (NJDA) are urging state residents to take precautions this summer to protect themselves from all mosquito-borne diseases including Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a rare virus transmitted to people and horses by the bite of an infected mosquito. The DOH has confirmed the […]The post New Jersey reports 1st human Eastern Equine Encephalitis for 2019 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on a report about two weeks ago, Swedish health officials are reporting a significant rise in tularemia cases since the end of July. As of Monday, about 560 human cases have been reported, much more this time of year than usual and even more than 2015 when 859 people across […]The post Tularemia: Significant rise in Sweden appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By Robert Herriman @infectiousdiseasenews In this educational video, I look at the agent of malaria, the parasite of the Plasmodium species. I talk about the life cycle, pathology, and the microscopic features of the four “human” species–Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae and P. ovale. Bangladesh: A Record Dengue Season Jewish Grandmothers in New York […]The post Malaria 101 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up to a report earlier this week, 16-year-old Muhammad Sohaib of Mehmoodabad area, Karachi has died from the amoebic infection. The deceased had been admitted to a private hospital and after battling the disease for three days, lost his life on Monday. This has prompted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA Dr Imran […]The post UPDATE: Karachi teen dies from Naegleria, 12th fatality this year appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews As we near the end of August, it is quite noticeable that the number of cruise ship outbreaks investigated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) is less than recent previous years. Thus far in 2019, CDC-VSP officials investigated five outbreaks- all before early April, nothing since. […]The post Cruise ship outbreaks down in 2019 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Colorado teenager Olivia Goodreau has garnered support from some of the world’s top scientists as a leading advocate for Lyme disease awareness and research funding. Many of the world’s top researchers and medical professionals will gather in Westminster, Colo., for the second LivLyme Summit September 21-22. The forum will focus on the research […]The post Lyme disease: LivLyme Summit 2019 attracts World’s Top Lyme Disease Scientists appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Sri Lanka health officials have stepped up their dengue response in an effort to pre-empt any further spread of mosquito-borne dengue fever with the onset of heavy rains in many parts of the country. Through August 28, health officials have recorded 42,051 total cases with the Western Province seeing the most in the […]The post Sri Lanka: Dengue response intensified appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Southwest Utah Public Health Department (SWUPHD) is reporting several recent human exposures to rabies-positive bats. These individuals have been treated with preventive vaccinations. “Rabies vaccine is very effective when given soon enough,” says Dr. David Blodgett, SWUPHD Director and Health Officer. “Every year we have people in our district who have to […]The post Utah warns of several recent human exposures to rabies-positive bats appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Maricopa County health officials issued a warning recently over a possible measles exposure in the Phoenix area. A teenage international traveler competing in the World Hip Hop Dance Championship at the Arizona Grand Resort in August has tested positive for measles and may have exposed others to the disease. As of Friday, August […]The post Phoenix measles exposure: Warning linked to World Hip Hop Dance competitor appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Guam’s Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) reports the second imported dengue fever case this year from an individual from Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Health officials stress that the island is not endemic for dengue and dengue virus transmission is not occurring on the island. Introducing New […]The post Guam reports 2nd imported dengue case appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Dengue case count The Philippines Department of Health recorded an additional 20,000 dengue fever cases during the week ending August 10, bringing the country total to well over 200,000 cases. According to the DOH, more than 208,000 cases were reported from January 1 to August 10 this year, more than double the number […]The post Philippines dengue epidemic tops 200K, Measles in Pangasinan appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Scientists have produced and tested, in mice, a vaccine that protects against a worrisome superbug: a hypervirulent form of the bacteria Klebsiella pneumoniae. And they’ve done so by genetically manipulating a harmless form of E. coli, report researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and VaxNewMo, a St. Louis-based startup. Klebsiella pneumoniae causes […]The post Klebsiella pneumoniae: Researchers produce promising vaccine against deadly superbug appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the Salt Lake County Health Department Epidemiology and Infectious Disease Bureaus investigated more than 15,000 disease reports in 2018. In a newly published report, they talk about the reportable diseases in the county, rank them both as a total and by specific age groups. What are the top 10 reportable infectious […]The post Top 10 reportable infectious diseases in Salt Lake County appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Chikungunya In a follow-up on the locally transmitted chikungunya infections in Taiwan, the Department of Disease Control announced the second-ever case in the country. The new case is a 60-year-old woman from New Taipei City. She initially presented with fever, muscle and joint pain. She was initially tested for dengue, which was negative. […]The post Taiwan: 2nd local chikungunya case, 1st hantavirus case of the year appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Measles The County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency has reported a second local case of measles in a individual who had exposure to the 11-month-old San Diego resident who contracted measles after a recent trip to the Philippines. The latest patient was fully immunized. The newly diagnosed person may have exposed […]The post San Diego reports 2nd measles case, 1st flu death appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is reporting several confirmed and suspected mosquito-borne diseases in residents, prompting calls to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Three cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) are now suspected in residents from Kalamazoo and Berrien counties. In addition, a case of California encephalitis virus has […]The post Michigan health officials report suspect Eastern Equine Encephalitis cases appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Officials in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) are reporting on an unidentified disease that has caused many deaths in Yeretièlé. According to the information received at the level of the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, 28 people have died of this unidentified disease since July. The Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, Eugène […]The post Mystery disease in the Ivory Coast kills 28 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By: Candess Zona-Mendola of MakeFoodSafe The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced a recall of fully cooked poultry products that may be contaminated with Listeria. This recall comes very soon after the announcement of a Canadian Chicken Listeria Outbreak as well as a lingering question of whether this outbreak and […]The post Has the USDA Found a Link in the Chicken Listeria Outbreak? appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Macon, GA report a possible rabies exposure that occurred at a Aug. 3 event. Anyone who attended the “Raccoon or Kitten?” event at The Village Gallery and Studio is asked to contact the Macon-Bibb County Health Department Environmental Health Office at 478-749-0106. The Village Gallery and Studio, located at 2368 […]The post Rabies exposure: 21 receive PEP after Macon ‘Raccoon or Kitten?’ event appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews More than 5,600 measles cases were reported during the week ending Aug. 11 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including 141 deaths, from 23 of the 26 provinces of the country, according to the latest published data. Since the beginning of the year, 155,460 total measles cases have been recorded. One-third […]The post Congo measles epidemic: Death toll nears 3,000 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the malaria epidemic in the African country of Burundi, health officials reported an additional 112,092 cases, including 66 deaths during the week ending Aug. 11. There is a 129 percent increase in the number of cases reported in week 32 of 2019 compared to week 32 of 2018. Since […]The post Malaria: Burundi reports 112K cases in the week ending Aug 11, Annual death toll nears 2200 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews While there are reports of dengue fever admissions decreasing over last three weeks, the number of cases is still extremely high in Bangladesh. During the first 25 days of August, more than 45,000 cases have been reported, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). In total for the year, 63,514 dengue […]The post Bangladesh dengue epidemic: 45K cases reported in August appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

A human infective nematode found in remote northern areas of Australia has been identified in canine carriers for the first time. Flinders University environmental health researchers, with experts in the USA, have found a form of the soil-borne Strongyloides worm in faeces collected from dogs. Strongyloidiasis, carried by several kinds of Strongyloides spp., is estimated to infect […]The post Strongyloides parasite found in canines in remote Australia appeared first on Outbreak News Today.