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By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Intravacc, one of the leading translational research and development vaccine institutes with an extensive track record in developing viral and bacterial vaccines, today announced the results of a clinical study with an experimental vaccine against Shigella, intestinal bacteria that cause severe diarrhea and dysentery. Data were published in the prestigious journal The Lancet Infectious […]The post Shigella experimental vaccine: Intravacc publishes positive phase I data appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Cambridge, MA biotechnology company, Moderna, Inc. announced today that the independent, NIH-appointed Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for the Phase 3 study of mRNA-1273, its vaccine candidate against COVID-19, has informed Moderna that the trial has met the statistical criteria pre-specified in the study protocol for efficacy, with a vaccine efficacy of 94.5%. This study, known […]The post COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate: Moderna announces 94.5% efficacy in Phase 3 trial appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 On Sunday, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced a four-week statewide set of restrictions in response to the recent rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus in Washington and across the country. The new restrictions come as Washington sees consistent increasing daily case counts, with over 2,000 cases a day over the weekend and average cases […]The post Washington: Gov. Inslee announces month-long, statewide restrictions appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Albright’s Raw Dog Food of Fort Wayne, IN is voluntarily recalling 67 cases of Chicken Recipe for Dogs because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella can affect animals eating the products and there is risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the products […]The post Raw dog food recalled due to Salmonella, One animal illness reported appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), urging Director Robert Redfield to promote further awareness of the CDC’s efforts to address flu vaccine shortages and ensure that all communities across the country have access to the flu vaccine. Recent reports indicate that some regions of […]The post Minnesota: Sen. Amy Klobuchar calls on CDC to address flu vaccine availability appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 On Friday, U.S. Ambassador to Laos Dr. Peter M. Haymond presented 50,000 malaria diagnostic kits to Vice Minister of Health Dr. Bounfeng Phoummalaisith at a ceremony in Vientiane. These rapid test kits, provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will be distributed to public health facilities in areas where the number of malaria cases remains high. “The United […]The post Laos malaria: USAID provides 50,000 Malaria Test Kits appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Long time Syracuse University basketball coach, Jim Boeheim, released the following statement hours ago: “As part of our routine COVID-19 health and safety protocols, I, along with my team and staff, are tested for COVID-19 multiple times each week. Following our most recent testing, I was informed that I had tested positive for […]The post Syracuse University: Basketball coach, Jim Boeheim tests positive for COVID-19 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Chile Ministry of Health reported 1,597 new cases of COVID-19 in the country with 6 regions that saw their new cases decrease in the last 7 days and 11 regions in the last 14 days. The rate of PCR positivity in the Metropolitan Region remains low, at 2%, while the degree of […]The post Chile reports decreased COVID-19 cases in 11 regions, 14-day quarantine mandatory for foreign travelers appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Navajo Nation reinstituted a 3 week Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Order Friday due to escalating incidents and community spread of COVID-19 on the Nation. The Navajo Nation is experiencing an alarming rise in positive COVID-19 cases and uncontrolled spread in 34 communities across the Navajo Nation. These cluster cases are […]The post Navajo Nation re-issues 3 week stay-at-home order amidst uncontrolled COVID-19 spread appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and School of Pharmacy (UMSOP) have discovered new drug compounds to potentially treat the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The compounds disrupt the functioning of a protein complex inside human cells that the researchers discovered is critical for the replication and survival of coronaviruses. This […]The post University of Maryland research could accelerate efforts to develop new anti-viral drugs to fight flu, Ebola, and novel coronaviruses like COVID-19 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported an additional 3,061 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, one day after reporting the highest amount of positive cases in one day since mid-July (3,780 on Saturday). 339,560 cases have been reported in LA County to date, including 7,269 deaths. “To the many people across our […]The post Los Angeles COVID-19 update, California issues travel advisory appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 On Friday, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health announced 1,158 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 52,043. Health officials confirmed 5 additional fatalities in Philadelphia. This brings the number of residents who have succumbed to the virus in Philadelphia to 1,909. Of the 1,909 total deaths, 918 […]The post Philadelphia: More than 50K COVID-19 cases, Changes in restrictions to be announced Monday appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced Friday a statewide Two-Week Freeze, implementing new measures to limit gatherings and stop the rapid spread of COVID-19 across Oregon. The Two-Week Freeze measures will be in effect from Nov. 18 through Dec. 2, statewide. “Since I announced a Two-Week Pause one week ago, we are seeing an […]The post Oregon: Governor Kate Brown announces ‘Two-Week Freeze’, 4 weeks for Multnomah County appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 On Friday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and state public health officials announced the state of New Mexico will temporarily re-enact a statewide order closing in-person services for all non-essential activities in order to blunt the unprecedented spike of COVID-19 illnesses and to attempt to relieve dramatically escalating strain on hospitals and health care […]The post New Mexico reports spike in COVID-19, Lockdown starts Monday, ‘A different kind of Thanksgiving’ appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 COVID-19 On Saturday, the Ministry of Health reported 1,100 new cases of COVID-19, of which 275 are by epidemiological link and 825 by laboratory, for a total of 123,223 confirmed cases. Today, nine deaths are reported: three men and six women, with an age range of 50 to 84 years. In total, 1,546 […]The post Costa Rica: COVID-19, Methanol poisoning updates appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

The question of sleep apnea as the risk factor for COVID-19 arose in a study conducted by the Turku University Hospital and the University of Turku on patients of the first wave of the pandemic. This is the first COVID-19-related study where sleep apnea as suspected risk factor emerges as the main finding. The study […]The post Sleep apnea may be risk factor for COVID-19 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 For the first time in a year and a half, a confirmed human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) has been reported. The case involves a one-year-old girl from Salavan, aka Saravane province, in the south of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos). She became sick on Oct. 13 and has since recovered and […]The post H5N1 avian influenza: Laos reports first human case of 2020 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Eastern Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia has seen their total COVID-19 cases double since Nov. 1, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue a travel notice. Saint Lucia saw their 80th COVID-19 case on Nov. 1, a day that saw 6 total. The Ministry of Health Friday […]The post Saint Lucia sees COVID-19 cases double since Nov. 1, CDC issues travel notice appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Children still make up a small proportion of the reported COVID-19 cases in Sweden. A new report shows that primary school teachers, preschool teachers and childminders who meet larger groups of children do not have a higher risk of being diagnosed with COVID-19 compared with other occupational groups. The information is presented in […]The post Sweden report: Teachers do not have a higher risk of being infected with COVID-19 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

The bodies of people with uncontrolled diabetes appear to be the perfect environment for a common type of superbug to thrive unchecked and do its worst damage, according to new research by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists. The researchers report today in Science Advances that Staphylococcus aureus–a bacteria that often is resistant to antibiotics–thrives in glucose-rich […]The post Staphylococcus aureus: Uncontrolled diabetes appear to be the perfect environment to thrive appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Health officials in the Philippines are cautioning the public about a possible spike in coronavirus cases after the country experienced an onslaught of storms in recent week, with the most recent being Typhoon Ulysses. National Policy against COVID-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said the government expects a reasonable […]The post COVID-19: Philippines cautioned of possible spike post typhoons appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the Salmonella outbreak in Lambton County, Ontario, Lambton Public Health (LPH) reports completing the local investigation into an outbreak of Salmonellosis linked to individuals who ate at the Barakat Restaurant in Sarnia and the Barakat food truck in Corunna between October 19th to 29th, 2020. As part of the investigation, […]The post Ontario Salmonella investigation closes with 45 confirmed cases appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 A group of researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have confirmed Germany’s first-ever case of animal-to-human transmission involving a specific species of virus known as the ‘Seoul virus’. Working alongside colleagues from Friedrich-Loeffer-Institut (FLI), the researchers were able to confirm the presence of the virus in a young female patient and her pet […]The post Germany: Locally acquired Seoul virus reported, Linked to pet rat appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) is alerting the public that they were notified of an unvaccinated 13-month-old traveler who was diagnosed with measles and who was at O’Hare International Airport earlier this month while contagious. The child and family were returning from a visit to an international location. Travelers through O’Hare on […]The post Chicago: Possible measles exposure at O’Hare International Airport appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a joint World Health Organization (WHO) and US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report Friday, the number of measles cases climb to a global total of 869,770, the highest number of cases for 23 years. Global measles deaths climbed nearly 50 percent since 2016, claiming an estimated 207,500 lives in 2019 alone. […]The post Global measles cases hit 23-year high in 2019, Deaths rise 50% in recent years appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

A new rapid diagnostic test that can differentiate between different strains of Chagas disease parasite could lead to a widespread testing programme. Researchers from Imperial College London, the University of Kent, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the charity TroZonX17 have developed a blood test that can identify the main types of parasite that […]The post Inexpensive and rapid tests can distinguish between Chagas disease parasites appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Bavarian Nordic A/S announced today that Health Canada has expanded the approval of the Company’s non-replicating smallpox vaccine, IMVAMUNE® to include additional indications – specifically, monkeypox and related orthopoxvirus infections and disease in adults 18 years of age and older determined to be at high risk for exposure. The extended approval was granted following assessment of […]The post IMVAMUNE smallpox vaccine approved for monkeypox and related orthopoxvirus in Canada appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Public Health – Seattle & King County reports investigating a new confirmed measles case in a King County male child. The infection was likely acquired while traveling outside the United States. Health officials there are possible public exposures at Sea-Tac Airport. Transmission of measles can occur before people know they have the disease, […]The post Measles case reported in Washington, Possible public exposures at Sea-Tac Airport appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) announced recently that Malawi has been validated to have eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem. MSD, GSK, and the Mectizan Donation Program congratulate President Lazarus Chakwera, the government, and the people of Malawi for this remarkable achievement that has alleviated suffering for millions and highlights the perseverance of many […]The post Africa: Malawi eliminates Lymphatic Filariasis as a public health problem appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,672 newly confirmed COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, bringing the country total to 401,416. Cavite topped the list of areas with new confirmed cases with 100 infections. It is followed by Davao City with 99, Quezon City with 81, Batangas with 78, and Baguio City with 70 infections. […]The post Philippines COVID-19 cases top 400K, Cebu City to ban Christmas caroling appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Yale researchers have discovered a protein that helps protect hosts from infection with the tick-borne spirochete that causes Lyme Disease, a finding that may help diagnose and treat this infection, they report Nov. 11 in the journal PLOS Pathogens. For the study, the Yale team expressed more than 1,000 human genes in yeast and […]The post Lyme disease: Yale researchers identify protective protein appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Officials with the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County (DOH-Hillsborough) have issued a Mosquito-Borne Illness Advisory Tuesday after a human case of West Nile virus (WNV) had been confirmed. Hillsborough County Mosquito Control and DOH-Hillsborough continue surveillance and prevention efforts. There is a heightened concern additional residents will become ill and DOH-Hillsborough […]The post Hillsborough County, Florida: Human West Nile virus case prompts Mosquito-Borne Illness Advisory appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) is reporting an additional human rabies case in Sarawak state. The case is a 42-year-old man who was admitted to Sarawak General Hospital on Oct. 15 due to weakness and unable to walk. He also had difficulty sleeping due to hallucinations, loss of appetite and difficulty drinking […]The post Malaysia: 5th human rabies case of 2020 in Sarawak appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

In a follow-up on a report of a recent E.coli outbreak, the CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating several multistate outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 infections, including this third ongoing E. coli O157:H7 outbreak. Officials report 12 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli have been […]The post E. coli outbreak: 12 people sickened from 6 states appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 12,623 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), including 79 additional deaths. This brings the state total to 511,183 cases, including 10,289 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from […]The post Illinois COVID-19 cases top 500K, Chicago modifies Emergency Travel Order appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

A UK-wide analysis, led by researchers from Imperial College London and the Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford, is the first study analysing COVID-19 infections in newborns across the whole UK. The study, published in the journal The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, traced all babies less than 29 days old with […]The post Severe COVID-19 infection appears rare in newborn babies, suggests a new study appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the updated Arbovirus report, an increase in dengue notifications has been observed in the last two weeks. This increase is evident in Asunción and the Central department, mainly in the districts of San Lorenzo and Lambaré. The ministry added that a total of 348 notifications of dengue fever have been reported in Paraguay during […]The post Paraguay reports rise in dengue cases appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reports supporting a response to suspected outbreak of yellow fever. This is following reports of a sudden spike in cases and deaths in some communities in both states. On the 2nd and 3rd of November 2020, NCDC was notified by the State Ministries of Health of […]The post Nigeria: Yellow fever outbreak in Delta and Enugu States appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health reported a laboratory-confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV) infection in a 51-year-old male in Riyadh City. Health officials note that the patient had contact with camels and didn’t contract the virus from another person. This is the first case confirmed in the Kingdom since May. […]The post Saudi Arabia reports 1st MERS cases in months appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Utah Department of Health is reporting a rise in cases of COVID-19 resulting in weeks of continued stress on the state’s hospital networks. This increase in cases has prompted Gov. Gary R. Herbert to declare a State of Emergency today. Pursuant to the State of Emergency, the governor and Utah Department of […]The post Utah reports rise in cases; Gov. Herbert declares State of Emergency, Mask mandate appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Biden-Harris Transition announced today the formation of the Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board, a team of leading public health experts who will advise President-elect Biden, Vice President-elect Harris, and the Transition’s COVID-19 staff. The Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board will be led by co-chairs Dr. David Kessler, Dr. Vivek Murthy, and Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith. […]The post Joe Biden announces Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board, Responds to Pfizer’s vaccine news appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE today announced their mRNA-based vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, against SARS-CoV-2 has demonstrated evidence of efficacy against COVID-19 in participants without prior evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, based on the first interim efficacy analysis conducted on November 8, 2020 by an external, independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) from the Phase 3 clinical study. […]The post Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine more than 90 percent effective – Interim analysis appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health of Dagestan, Russia (computer translated) are reporting that 39 people have been hospitalized with acute intestinal infection. Officials note that 39 people were hospitalized, including 12 children. The patient’s condition is assessed as moderate. The main clinical symptoms include fever up to 38–39 degrees, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and frequent […]The post Russia: Suspected Salmonella outbreak linked to Makhachkala café sickens 39 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the diphtheria situation affecting the Lima area of Peru, The Ministry of Health (Minsa) assured this week that Peru is not in a national emergency situation due to the cases of diphtheria registered in two districts of the capital, and urged the population to remain calm because all measures […]The post Peru diphtheria update: ‘Not a National Emergency’ appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Los Angeles County Health Department is reporting an increase in wound botulism cases linked to heroin injection in recent months. Since June 1, 2020, six suspected cases of wound botulism associated with heroin injection have been reported in Los Angeles County (one case a month June through August and three cases in […]The post Wound botulism: Los Angeles reports 6 cases linked to heroin since June appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and University College London have found that some antibodies, created by the immune system during infection with common cold coronaviruses, can also target SARS-CoV-2 and may confer a degree of protection against the new viral strain. In response to infection with a virus, the immune system creates antibodies to […]The post Cold virus antibodies may confer some protection against SARS-CoV-2 in children: Study appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Taiwan CDC reported a new locally transmitted dengue fever case in a 40-year-old woman in Longhuali, Guishan District, Taoyuan City. She has no recent history of going abroad. According to the statistics of the Department of Disease Control and Prevention, there have been a total of 70 local cases of dengue fever […]The post Taiwan local dengue transmission cases rise to 70 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the methanol poisoning situation in Costa Rica, the Health Surveillance Unit of the Ministry of Health now reports 72 suspected cases of methanol poisoning, 35 of which have died. The deaths are of 31 men and four women with an age range of 23 to 75 years, of which […]The post Costa Rica methanol poisoning follow-up appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Public Health Agency of Canada, with provincial public health partners are investigating a Salmonella outbreak affecting people in at least three provinces. Based on the investigation findings to date, exposure to pet hedgehogs has been identified as the likely source of the outbreak. Many of the individuals who became sick reported having direct […]The post Canada: Pet hedgehogs linked to latest Salmonella outbreak appeared first on Outbreak News Today.

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Florida state health officials have reported more Vibrio vulnificus cases and deaths than this year than was reported in 2019, according to the latest data. Through November 6, the Department of Health saw 33 cases in 20 counties with Brevard and Hernando counties reporting the most with four each. Six death have been […]The post Florida Vibrio vulnificus tally this year tops 2019 appeared first on Outbreak News Today.