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By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Freshpet Inc. is announcing a voluntary recall of a single lot of Freshpet® Select Small Dog Bite Size Beef & Egg Recipe Dog Food (1 LB bags), with Sell by Date 10/30/2021,due to potential contamination with Salmonella. Our Freshpet Team had designated this single lot for destruction, but it was inadvertently shipped to retailers in […]The post Freshpet dog food sold at Publix recalled over Salmonella risk appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews On Friday, Provincial Minister of Health of Kwango, in western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Didier Tshikisa made the following announcement about a typhoid outbreak: “Since the start of this quarter, this disease, which has taken on an epidemic character, has killed 17 out of more than 360 cases recorded in the […]The post Typhoid outbreak kills 17 in Kwango, DRC appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) report monitoring a human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. The case involved a 49-year-old woman living in Chengdu. She developed symptoms on May 13, and was admitted for treatment on May 16. The patient is now in serious […]The post H5N6 avian influenza case reported in Chengdu, Sichuan Province appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews UF medicinal chemists report promising results from a study focused on new ways to of treating several types of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, advances that may help in the battle against MRSA, tuberculosis and other infectious pathogens. Lead investigator Robert Huigens, Ph.D., an associate professor of medicinal chemistry in the UF College of Pharmacy and a […]The post University of Florida study looks at new ways to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria like MRSA appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) is reporting the first case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Douglas County. The individual is a Douglas County resident who was exposed to the virus while spring cleaning. Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) is a severe, sometimes fatal, respiratory disease in humans caused by an infection with […]The post Nevada: First case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome reported in Douglas County appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and the Washtenaw County Health Department are investigating the first confirmed human case of Sin Nombre hantavirus detected in Michigan. An adult female in Washtenaw County was recently hospitalized with a serious pulmonary illness from Sin Nombre hantavirus. The individual was likely exposed when […]The post Michigan reports first hantavirus case appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Spring and summer months mean a boom in wildlife baby populations. And while these babies are cute, they can be dangerous. Denver Animal Protection (DAP) reminds Denver residents to keep wildlife wild—and stay away, for both human and animal safety. Wild animals account for more than 90% of reported rabies cases in the U.S. Rabies is […]The post Denver: ‘Officers have already responded to calls this spring in which people brought baby raccoons into their homes and played with them, which presents a serious rabies risk’ appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Gaston County, NC health officials are reporting a significant increase in hepatitis A cases in 2021. Officials reported 122 cases to date. From 2018 through 2020, the county only saw 33 local cases of Hepatitis A. Cases have occurred primarily among three risk groups: (1) persons who use injection or non-injection drugs; (2) […]The post North Carolina: Significant increase in hepatitis A cases in Gaston County appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Bavarian Nordic A/S announced Friday that the Company was recently engaged by Public Health England (PHE) and the Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to supply its IMVANEX® smallpox vaccine in response to new cases of monkeypox in the UK. Two related cases were confirmed and admitted to a hospital in Liverpool. One […]The post Smallpox vaccine to be supplied in response to new cases of monkeypox in the UK appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews A cat living near North Foothills Highway and Plateau Road in Boulder County was examined by a veterinarian on June 2 and tested positive for plague. The cat’s owner was concerned when the cat became ill 2-3 weeks after being found with a baby rabbit. This is the first time plague activity has […]The post Colorado: Plague confirmed in Boulder County cat appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

The Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment announced Thursday that a rabies positive raccoon was discovered through routine testing following a sick animal call in Hyannis. There was no human contact with the raccoon. This is the first known case of terrestrial (non-bat) rabies on Cape Cod in 8 years. Barnstable County Department of […]The post Rabid raccoon reported in Cape Cod for 1st time in 8 years appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice last week for the Dominican Republic due to a diphtheria outbreak. We reported last month that the Dominican Republic has reported 12 confirmed diphtheria cases, including 9 deaths. In recent years, vaccination against diphtheria in the Dominican Republic has declined and […]The post Diphtheria outbreak in the Dominican Republic prompts CDC travel notice appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) is investigating two suspected cases of wound botulism, one involving a 26-year-old Rio Arriba County woman; the other a 40-year-old man from Bernalillo County, both patients report injection drug use. These are the third and fourth suspected cases of wound botulism in 2021, with two prior […]The post New Mexico investigates two suspected cases of wound botulism appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) reports on a a human case of infection with an influenza A(H1N1)v virus in Germany recently. The individual infected is a 17-year-old boy from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania who developed an influenza-like illness onset on 18 April 2021. The virus was confirmed with genome sequencing conducted at the National Influenza […]The post Germany: H1N1v influenza case reported in teen appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on a report yesterday about monkeypox cases reported in Wales, the World Health Organization (WHO) provided some additional details in a Disease Outbreak News (DON) today: On 25 May 2021, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland notified the WHO of one laboratory-confirmed case of monkeypox. The patient […]The post Monkeypox in the United Kingdom: WHO provides more details appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) reports one additional death of rabies case among humans in Sarawak, which was confirmed positive on 11 May 2021. The case is a 45 -year -old male citizen who lives in a house of a board factory worker in Stapang, Selangau, Sarawak. He was admitted to the […]The post Malaysia: 4th human rabies case reported in Sarawak in 2021 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Public Health Wales (PHW) is reporting two cases of monkeypox identified in north Wales, according to multiple news reports. Health officials say the initial case was acquired overseas and both cases were identified in two people from the same household. “Confirmed cases of monkeypox are a rare event in the UK, and the […]The post Monkeypox cases reported in Wales appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) reported this week on a new case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The patient is a 63-year-old man from Almwaih City, Taif who had contact with camels. This is the ninth MERS case of 2021 in the Kingdom and the 10th overall (one in […]The post Saudi Arabia: Taif man is 9th MERS case of 2021 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

An experimental, lab-made antibody can completely prevent nonhuman primates from being infected with the monkey form of HIV, new research published in Nature Communications shows. The results will inform a future human clinical trial evaluating leronlimab as a potential pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, therapy to prevent human infection from the virus that causes AIDS. “Our study findings […]The post Monoclonal antibody prevents HIV infection in monkeys, study finds appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In February, Colorado state health officials reported a mule residing in Eagle County tested positive for bat variant rabies. This was the first case of rabies in an equine in Colorado since 2013. Last week, The Colorado Departments of Agriculture and Public Health and Environment, in collaboration with Tri-County Health Department, confirmed that […]The post Colorado: Adams county miniature horse tests positive for rabies appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The New York City Department of Health on Wednesday reminded the public to protect themselves and their families from tick-borne illnesses as summer approaches and people begin to travel and engage in outdoor activities. The most common tick-borne disease diagnosed among New Yorkers is Lyme disease; less common are anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and ehrlichiosis. […]The post New York City health officials offer recommendations to prevent tick bites and tick-borne illnesses appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs reported Wednesday on a wild bird H5N8 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemic in the Hongjiannao National Nature Reserve in Shenmu City. The outbreak, confirmed by the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory, has resulted in some 4200 deaths of wild poultry. The local area immediately activated an […]The post China reports H5N8 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in birds in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By Press Release @infectiousdiseasenews Dr. Christopher Rice, an Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Georgia’s College of Pharmacy, has received a foundation grant to continue his research on Naegleria fowleri, a single-celled living organism that causes the brain eating disease Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM). Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis targets the central nervous system and is […]The post Naegleria fowleri: University of Georgia researcher receives grant to discover treatment appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Nigeria In 2017, Nigeria detected its first monkeypox case in 39 years. Since September 2017, Nigeria has continued to report sporadic cases of monkeypox. From September 2017 to May 2021, a total of 446 suspected monkeypox cases have been reported from 30 states– Of the reported cases, 199 (44.6%) have been confirmed in […]The post Monkeypox in Nigeria and DRC updates appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Levels of antibodies in the blood of vaccinated people that are able to recognise and fight the new SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant first discovered in India (B.1.617.2) are on average lower than those against previously circulating variants in the UK, according to new laboratory data from the Francis Crick Institute and the National Institute for Health […]The post SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant: Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine recipients have lower antibody levels appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The head of Epidemiology with the Panama Ministry of Health, Leonardo Labrador, reports that cases of malaria in the country are increased during the beginning of 2021. According to Labrador, 1,506 malaria cases have been reported through the end of May with the East Panama Region reporting the most cases (888), followed by […]The post Panama reports increase in malaria appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Taiwan Center for Disease Control has reported a human H1N2v influenza case in a 5-year-old girl living in the central area. She had mild illness (fever, runny nose and cough) and didn’t require hospitalization and was engaged in livestock breeding at home. H1N2 is a low-pathogenic influenza virus that exists in pigs. […]The post H1N2v influenza case reported in Taiwan appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Indonesian weekly magazine, Tempo,co, reports that the six suspected anthrax cases reported in the village in Tulungagung, East Java have been released from the hospital after treatment. It is believed that they contracted anthrax from their livestock after dozens of cattle were found dead from the bacterial disease. Since the first case […]The post Indonesia: Suspected anthrax cases released from hospital appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Turkish Ministry of Health reports 13 human fatalities due to the the tick-borne disease, Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), according to a Daily Sabah report. This is out of 243 human cases reported during the first five months of the year. The Health Ministry has guidelines in place for health care staff tackling […]The post Turkey records 13 Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever deaths year to date appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Friday approved Tembexa (brincidofovir) to treat smallpox. Although the World Health Organization declared smallpox, a contagious and sometimes fatal infectious disease, eradicated in 1980, there have been longstanding concerns that the virus that causes smallpox, the variola virus, could be used as a bioweapon. Before its eradication […]The post Smallpox drug, Tembexa, receives FDA approval appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews On Friday, The Niagara County Department of Health (NCDOH) confirmed a rabid raccoon on County Line Road, Town of Somerset. This is the fourth confirmed rabid raccoon in Niagara County this spring. On June 3, a farmer killed the raccoon that entered his barn, as it was acting odd and in proximity to […]The post New York: 4th rabid raccoon confirmed in Niagara County appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, on Friday met with public representatives, public health doctors, local politicians and community leaders from the Limerick area, to discuss the recent steep rise in confirmed cases of COVID-19. He said: “Yesterday, the Public Health Department in the Mid-West reported 103 cases of COVID-19 in Limerick. There […]The post Ireland: COVID-19 cases up in Limerick appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews On 27 December 2020, Denmark launched an ambitious vaccination program, where the goal is to offer vaccination against COVID-19 to all Danes aged 16 and over. The first target groups to be offered vaccination were the most vulnerable and the most vulnerable citizens, who risked the most difficult courses of the disease. Initially, it […]The post Denmark: Of the target groups, 94.9 percent received the first COVID-19 vaccination appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews According to the Brazil Ministry of Health, the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine has already reached 29.8% of the eligible population in Brazil. There are 47.6 million Brazilians vaccinated with the first dose, out of the 160 million with a vaccinable profile in the National Plan for the Operationalization of Vaccination against […]The post Brazil: Nearly 30 percent of target population vaccinated with the first dose against COVID-19 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Strategic actions to combat the malaria-transmitting mosquito are being intensified in the Yanomami Special Indigenous Sanitary District (DSEI). The district drew up the Action Plan for Emergency Malaria Control, which is already being carried out in ten Base Poles, where epidemiological investigation pointed out as places with the highest incidence of the disease. […]The post Brazil battles malaria in Yanomami indigenous people appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Olde Thompson LLC. Oxnard, CA in cooperation with the FDA is recalling Olde Thompson and Sun Harvest Organic Ground Coriander in 1.5oz glass jar with flip top closure, Lot # 23632 and 23631 due to possible contamination by Salmonella. To date no illness have been reported. If you have the recalled product, please do not consume […]The post Salmonella potential prompts recall of ground coriander appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews To date, no new cases or deaths from Ebola virus disease (EVD) have been reported in Guinea and the 42-day countdown that was started on 8 May 2021 to declare the end of Guinea’s EVD outbreak gets closer. Cumulatively 23 cases, 12 deaths (CFR: 52.1%), and 10 recoveries of EVD have been reported. […]The post Ebola in Guinea update: Countdown to end of outbreak appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Effective pharmacologic treatments for COVID-19 remains a challenge. The Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) trial showed dexamethasone, a steroid, improved mortality outcomes for COVID-19 patients in severe stage of disease when oxygen supplementation or mechanical ventilation is required. But for the management of mild and moderate cases, there is lack of treatment, […]The post Malaysia starts Ivermectin trial for high risk COVID-19 patients appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on a report last weekend, where Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long announced that Vietnam has detected a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, which is a hybrid between the Indian and UK variants, a recent interview with the World Health Organization representative in Vietnam said “There is no new hybrid variant […]The post ‘There is no new hybrid variant in Vietnam’: WHO representative in Vietnam appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Rospotrebnadzor Administration for the Republic of Tyva, aka Tuva reports ona a confirmed diagnosis of anthrax in a 29-year-old resident of the Bizhiktig-Khaya village of Barun-Khemchik kozhuun. The infection of a young man occurred during the slaughter and butchering of cattle. Officials say the patient presented with fever, soreness of the lymph […]The post Anthrax case confirmed in Tuva, Russia appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews In today’s New England Journal of Medicine Images in Medicine portion, two ophthalmologists from the Royal Free Hospital in London report on a case of orbital cowpox infection. According to the article, a 28-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 5-day history of worsening redness, irritation, and discharge in the right eye. […]The post Cowpox of the eye: Ophthalmologists report case in NEJM appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The number of reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and HIV decreased in 2020 while the number of syphilis cases increased, according to Folkehelseinstituttet (Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH). In 2020, 1,045 gonorrhea cases were reported in Norway against 1704 cases in 2019. The decrease in the number of cases is seen among both […]The post Norway: Syphilis cases up in 2020, Gonorrhea cases significantly down appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in their latest FluView a human infection with an influenza A(H1N1) variant (A(H1N1)v) virus reported by Iowa. The patient is >18 years of age, was not hospitalized, and has completely recovered from their illness. Investigation into the source of the infection revealed that the […]The post Iowa reports influenza A(H1N1) variant virus infection, 5th novel influenza A virus this season appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

The future prevalence and virulence of SARS-CoV-2 is uncertain. Researchers at the University of Utah try to answer the question–Will SARS-CoV-2 Become Just Another Seasonal Coronavirus? in a new study published in the journal Viruses. Joining me today to discuss the research and their findings is Fred Adler, PhD. Dr. Adler is professor of mathematics […]The post Will SARS-CoV-2 become just another common cold? appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews A total of 68 cases of typhoid fever were recorded in CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) region from January 1, 2021 to May 29, 2021 as the Department of Health (DOH) regional office continue to remind residents to practice personal hygiene. The province of Laguna recorded the highest incidence of typhoid fever […]The post Philippines: Dozens of typhoid cases reported in CALABARZON appeared first on Outbreak News Today.