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By NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the Panama Ministry of Health, 22 leishmaniasis cases were reported, including adults and children in the province of Bocas del Toro in the north eastern part of the country. Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease spread by the bite of the female sandfly. There are different forms of leishmaniasis. Cutaneous leishmaniasis affects the […]The post Panama: 22 leishmaniasis cases reported in Bocas del Toro province appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health for the Republic of Serbia reported 6,930 additional COVID-19 cases today, bringing the total case count since the start of the pandemic to 1,017,798. In the last 24 hours, 53 people died due to the consequences caused by the COVID 19 virus. The total number of deaths since the […]The post Serbia reports more than 1 million COVID-19 cases appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health in Vietnam reported 2,949 new COVID-19 cases in 43 provinces and cities today, down 678 cases compared to yesterday. This is also the lowest number of new cases in the past 2.5 months. The average number of new infections in the country recorded in the past 7 days is […]The post Vietnam reports less than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases today appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the meningitis outbreak in Panga, Banalia territory in the Kisangani district of Tshopo Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as of October 4, 2021, 1,470 cases have been reported including 192 deaths (CFR= 13.1%). Fourteen samples have been confirmed for Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W. Since 2015, the Democratic […]The post Meningitis outbreak in DR Congo update appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Since the beginning of the year, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports 2,297,488 confirmed malaria cases through routine surveillance in Niger through September 19. Of this total, 2,124 deaths were recorded (CFR 0.1%). Malaria vaccine gets WHO nod: ‘This is a historic moment’ Although the weekly attack rates follow the trends seen in […]The post Niger: 2.3 million malaria cases reported through September appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 San Diego County health authorities reported Monday a shigellosis outbreak in persons experiencing homelessness (PEH) since Sept. 30, 2021. At least six cases of Shigella sonnei have been reported–The cases were found after the individuals were hospitalized. They are expected to recover. “Shigellosis isn’t usually serious, but in the wrong circumstances it can […]The post San Diego: Shigella outbreak found among the homeless population appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) announced recently the confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) in a binturong (bearcat) and a fishing cat at a zoo in Illinois. These are the first of either species confirmed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the United States. Samples […]The post Illinois: Binturong and a fishing cat test positive for SARS-CoV-2 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Peru Minister of Health, Hernando Cevallos, announced Sunday the declaration of a health emergency in 15 regions of Peru due to an outbreak and imminent risk of a dengue outbreak. “Dengue is advancing, so the central level decided to declare 51 districts of the country in emergency, in addition to providing the […]The post Dengue in Peru: Health emergency declared in 15 regions appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported 49 COVID-19 cases in the Japanese capital on Oct. 11, the lowest count this year and the third day in a row under 100. The last time Tokyo recorded under 50 cases in a day was on June 25 last year, when it marked 48 infections. The capital […]The post Tokyo COVID-19: 49 cases reported, lowest daily total in 18 months appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health reported 3,528 COVID-19 cases in 41 provinces and cities, with 1,067 cases in Ho Chi Minh City alone on October 10. This is the lowest number of cases in about 2 months. Since the beginning of the epidemic, Vietnam has reported 839,662 infections including 835,036 cases since April. The National Steering […]The post Vietnam reports lowest COVID-19 cases in 2 months, Situation basically under control nationwide appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 On 8 October 2021, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene, and Prevention (MoH) reported a confirmed death of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Beni health zone, North Kivu province. This comes barely five months after the end of the most recent outbreak that was detected in the […]The post Ebola in DR Congo: Africa CDC report appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Filipino singer-songwriter, dancer, musician, actor, music producer and television host, Gary Valenciano announced on Instagram Wednesday that he had been hospitalized since last Monday with dengue fever. According to the post: I just wanted to share the goodness of the Lord with all of you. I’ve been here in the hospital since […]The post Philippines: Singer and Actor, Gary Valenciano recovers from bout with dengue appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Illinois state health officials confirmed the first human West Nile virus-related death in Illinois for 2021 on Friday. A Will County resident who first became ill in late August and tested positive for West Nile virus has died. “Although we are already into fall, we are expecting a warm weekend and West Nile […]The post Illinois reports 1st human West Nile virus death of the year appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) media, nearly 90 children aged 0 to 5 have died since the end of August as a result of a undetermined illness, authorities alert. The head of the provincial health division in Kwilu, Jean-Pierre Basake, said the affected children showed signs of fever causing anemia. […]The post DRC: 90 young children die from unknown illness since the end of August in Kwilu appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Zhejiang Province, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting an outbreak of psittacosis, aka parrot fever, in Lishui City, according to Chinese media. Since the first cases were reported one month ago, seven total cases have been reported. A total of seven cases have been reported, including one individual still […]The post Psittacosis outbreak in Lishui City, Zhejiang Province appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 In Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in Dhaka reported an additional 211 new dengue fever patients in the past 24 hours. This puts the outbreak total in the country to 20,129. 164 of the new patients, or 78 percent, are reported in Dhaka. In addition, three additional dengue fatalities were […]The post Bangladesh dengue fever tally tops 20,000 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to data from the Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA), 5.28 percent of blood donors in the province were positive to one or more of the infectious diseases tested. Blood samples in Pakistan are screened for five infectious diseases — HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, syphilis, and malaria. Of the 455,742 blood samples […]The post Pakistan: 5% of blood donors in Sindh were positive for one or more infectious disease appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Officials in Pakistan are reporting a continued increase in dengue fever cases, with the numbers in the thousands, and experts warn the next coming weeks will be critical. The number of dengue cases in the capital city of Islamabad has topped 1,000, including five deaths. A massive anti-dengue virus campaign has been launched […]The post Pakistan dengue numbers rise as hospital bed shortages are reported appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the Leptospirosis in dogs in Los Angeles County in 2021, Veterinary Public Health reports 120 total leptospirosis cases (103 lab-confirmed and 17 suspect) from April through September 17. Six dogs have died as a result of the bacterial infection. Most of the affected dogs either live in or had […]The post Los Angeles reports 120 leptospirosis cases in dogs since April appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Cases of major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders increased by more than a quarter worldwide in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the first global estimates of impacts of the pandemic on mental health, published in The Lancet. In 2020, cases of major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders increased by 28% and […]The post COVID-19 pandemic led to stark rise in depressive and anxiety disorders globally in 2020 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Portuguese health authorities report with the administration of about 15.3 million vaccines in mainland Portugal, the goal of having 85% of the population fully vaccinated against COVID-19 was achieved. Portugal becomes the first country in the world to reach the target of 85% of the vaccinated population, with around 8.4 million people having […]The post Portugal achieves 85% complete vaccination, 1st country to reach target appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Japanese health officials reported an additional 919 syphilis cases since our last report about one month ago. As of September 29, the Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) reported 5,248 total syphilis cases since the beginning of the year. This is the fifth year in a row that Japan has seen more than […]The post Japan reports an additional 900 syphilis cases in past month appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In today’s Outbreak News This Week Livestream, I’ll look at some recent polio news to include a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus 2 (cVDPV2) case reported in Ukraine. In addition, Ebola appears to have resurfaced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I’ll look at an article about H5N6 avian influenza, piggy-backing on last week’s […]The post Outbreak News This Week 10-9-2021: Polio in Ukraine and other news appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews No country has reported more human Nipah virus cases in the past two decades than Bangladesh, which the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has reported more than 300 since 2001. During the past month, the IEDCR added another case/death on the 2020 tally, bringing the total cases to seven and deaths […]The post Bangladesh adds additional Nipah virus case/death to 2020 tally appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Bolivian Ministry of Health and Sports in its COVID-19 vaccination report to date, states that up through Oct. 7, 6,931,689 people have been immunized between the first, second and single doses of the vaccines Sputnik V, AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Pfizer and Janssen throughout the national territory. 3,465,927 health workers, teachers, seniors, people over […]The post Bolivia: Nearly 7 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) causes frequent, chronic infections that represent a major unrecognized burden on global health, according to a review by Kevin Baird of the Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit in Indonesia and Katherine Battle of the Institute for Disease Modeling in the United States publishing October 7th in the open access journal PLOS […]The post Plasmodium vivax, the second most common malaria parasite, takes unrealized toll on human health appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Earlier this week, we reported on Finland restricting the use of Moderna’s Spikevax mRNA COVID-19 vaccine due to Myocarditis risk in some populations. Finland’s Nordic neighbors-Sweden and Norway- have taken a similar course concerning the vaccine. Sweden The Swedish Public Health Agency has decided to suspend the use of Moderna’s vaccine Spikevax, for […]The post Sweden and Norway pause use of Moderna vaccine due to Myocarditis risk appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Since the beginning of 2018, Florida health officials began reporting a significant increase in hepatitis A infections and by 2019, a 500 percent increase in cases were observed. From January 1, 2018 through August 31, 2021, more than 5100 outbreak cases were reported, including 77 deaths. The Florida Department of Health reported during […]The post Florida declares hepatitis A outbreak over appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Minister of Health, in a statement made this Friday, October 8, 2021, announced the resurgence of the Ebola epidemic in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to Dr. Jean-Jacques Mbungani Mbanda, this is a case that has been identified in the territory of Beni in North Kivu. ” The […]The post Ebola reemerges in North Kivu, DRC appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Philadelphia health officials with state health officials and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are notifying people who may have been exposed to a positive measles case. We believe there is no threat to the public associated with this case of measles,” said Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole. “But the threat of measles […]The post Philadelphia officials report possible measles exposure at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Thompson infections linked to seafood. To date, 102 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Thompson have been reported from 14 states. The majority of sick people are either Colorado residents (82) or reported traveling to Colorado in the week […]The post Colorado reports scores of Salmonella infections linked to seafood appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Wisconsin state health officials, local officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed 22 cases of measles in Wisconsin, all in people currently living at Fort McCoy in Monroe County with recent history of travel from Afghanistan as part of the United States government’s emergency evacuation efforts. “From the very […]The post Wisconsin: 22 measles cases confirmed at Fort McCoy appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In 2021 to date, three countries in the Region of the Americas (Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela) have reported confirmed yellow fever cases. In Brazil, from July 2020 to April 2021 (the seasonal period), eight confirmed yellow fever cases were reported, including three deaths. All the confirmed cases during this period were reported from […]The post Yellow fever in the Americas: Brazil, Peru and Venezuela appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is announcing the state’s first human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) in 2021. West Nile Virus is spread to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. “Although we’re nearing the end of mosquito season in Rhode Island, the risk is still high because mosquito-borne […]The post Rhode Island reports 1st human West Nile virus case in 3 years appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has reported an outbreak of hepatitis A. So far, infection has been detected in ten people living in several counties. In addition, two more people are suspected of belonging to the outbreak. An outbreak investigation has been initiated, but so far there is no suspected source of […]The post Hepatitis A outbreak in Norway, Source remains unknown appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Finland’s National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) instructed municipalities to provide only Biontech-Pfizer’s Comirnaty coronavirus vaccine to men and boys under the age of 30 for the time being. According to a Nordic follow-up study, myocardial infarction is relatively more common with Moderna Spikevax than with Biontech-Pfizer Comirnacy, and young men are […]The post Finland: Health officials say only use Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine in men under 30 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Johnson & Johnson’s two-dose Ebola vaccine regimen is safe, well tolerated and produces a strong immune response in people over the age of one, according to two new papers published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The EBOVAC-Salone study provides important further evidence for the potential of the regimen using the Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN-Filo vaccines to be […]The post Johnson & Johnson’s two-dose Ebola vaccine regimen is safe, well tolerated and produces a strong immune response appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In Ukraine, a case of polio was recorded and confirmed in a 1.5-year-old child from Rivne Oblast. The disease is caused by a derivative of the vaccine strain of polioviruses type 2 (circulating vaccine derived poliovirus (Sabin 2), according to the Ministry of Health. The parents deliberately refused medical vaccinations because of their […]The post Polio case confirmed in toddler from Rivne Oblast, Ukraine appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews According to the Main Department of the State Food and Consumer Service in Ternopil region, anthrax was found in a pony that lived in the zoo of Topilche Park in Ternopil , which caused the death of the animal. On October 1, a joint epidemiological and epidemiological investigation was conducted at the outbreak […]The post Ukraine: Anthrax detected in pony in Ternopil appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Bangladesh At least 208 patients were hospitalized in 24 hours preceding 8:00 am today, of whom 35 are from outside Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With the new cases, a total of 1,347 people were diagnosed during this month out of a total 19,544 infected. Of the total […]The post South Asia dengue news: Bangladesh appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews New research shows that in 2020-2021, while the circulation of influenza, RSV, and other respiratory viruses declined sharply, rhinovirus/enterovirus – which causes the common cold – persisted and continued to circulate among children, according to a study presented at IDWeek. Using CDC’s New Vaccine Surveillance Network (NVSN), researchers enrolled 37,676 children across seven U.S. […]The post COVID-19 pandemic: While RSV and flu saw sharp declines, Common cold continued to circulate in children appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews New research published by The Pew Charitable Trusts, University of Utah, and Infectious Diseases Society of America showed that in 2017, infections caused by six antibiotic-resistant pathogens–Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter, Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE)– resulted in more than 11,000 deaths and […]The post MRSA, five other ‘superbugs’ infections resulted in more than 11,000 deaths among seniors appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Center for Water and Food Transmission Diseases (NDTHA) of the Health Department of Acre (Sesacre) reports of the 22 municipalities in Acre, 11 are on high alert– Assis Brasil, Capixaba, Cruzeiro do Sul, Epitaciolândia, Feijó, Jordão, Marshal Thaumaturgo, Rodrigues Alves, Santa Rosa, Senator Guiomard and Tarauacá– due to a diarrhea outbreak that […]The post Brazil: 11 cities in Acre on ‘high alert’ over diarrhea outbreak appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced their recommendation for widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission. The recommendation is based on results from an ongoing pilot programme in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi that has reached […]The post Malaria vaccine gets WHO nod: ‘This is a historic moment’ appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing vaccines, Dynavax Technologies Corporation, and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced Dynavax has executed an agreement for approximately $22 million over two and a half years to develop a recombinant plague vaccine adjuvanted with CpG 1018®. Under the agreement, Dynavax will conduct a Phase 2 clinical trial […]The post Plague vaccine development: Dynavax and DOD come to agreement appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews According to 2nd Quarter 2021 data from the World Health Organization (WHO) Mekong Malaria Elimination Program published October 1, the Greater Mekong subregion (GMS) reported 12,454 malaria cases from April to June 2021. The data shows Plasmodium falciparum and mixed cases were down 69 percent from the same period in 2020, while Plasmodium […]The post Asia: Malaria in the Greater Mekong subregion appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews A UCLA study suggests that many physicians may not have the knowledge or training to properly recognize how Lyme disease appears on the skin of Black patients. The disease, caused by the tick-borne Borrelia bacterium, generally begins with a bull’s-eye–shaped rash on the skin, along with fever, headache, chills and muscle pain; if […]The post Lyme disease in 1/3 of black patients diagnosed late: Possibly due to early signs being missed appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Coppertone, owned by Beiersdorf, is voluntarily recalling specific lots of five Coppertone aerosol sunscreen spray products manufactured between the dates of January 10, 2021 and June 15, 2021 to the consumer level. Coppertone has identified the presence of benzene in these lots of products. Twelve lots of Coppertone spray products are impacted by […]The post Coppertone recall: Several aerosol sunscreen spray products showed the presence of benzene appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH) issued a health advisory Monday concerning increases in syphilis in Delaware County, bordering the city of Philadelphia. Officials report 104 early syphilis (primary, secondary, or early latent syphilis) cases during the first half of 2021. This exceeds the total reported number of early syphilis for all of […]The post Pennsylvania: Delaware County reports increase in syphilis appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up to a report last week, the Arizona Department of Health Services reports 14 human West Nile virus (WNV) fatalities through October 1. The number of cases has increased to 256 total WNV cases (149 confirmed and 107 probable) with Maricopa County accounting for more than 80 percent of the state’s […]The post West Nile virus deaths rise to 14 in Arizona appeared first on Outbreak News Today.