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New Mexico reports first human tularemia case of 2014, seven cases reported in pets

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The New Mexico Department of Health announced Thursday a laboratory confirmed case of tularemia in a 65 year-old woman from Bernalillo County. The cause of the woman’s illness was confirmed at the Department’s Scientific...

CDC releases ‘After-Action Report’ on anthrax incident

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report today that reviews the early June incident that involved the unintentional exposure of personnel to potentially viable anthrax at...

Extra ‘Queijo de Mistura’ cheese added to Canadian recall

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The food recall warning issued on June 24, 2014 has been updated to include an additional product. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food...

Ebola outbreak continues with high numbers of new cases and deaths being reported

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While the number of new Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases in Guinea was only one in the past week, the World Health Organization (WHO) says the epidemic trend in Liberia and Sierra Leone remains precarious...

Miami-Dade County reports first autochthonous dengue fever case of 2014

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Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County officials received confirmation of the first locally acquired case of dengue Fever in Miami-Dade County in 2014 on Wednesday, according to a health department...

Pneumonic plague detected in Colorado resident

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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment laboratory identified pneumonic plague in a Colorado resident earlier this week. Investigation revealed the family dog had recently died unexpectedly....

First Cases of Travel-Associated Chikungunya Virus Reported in Kansas

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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has identified the state’s first two cases of travel-associated chikungunya virus. The patients, both of whom are adults from Sedgwick County, reported...

Colorado reports first West Nile Virus cases of 2014

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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment today reported two human cases of West Nile virus, the first reported cases this season. The two cases are in Saguache and Pueblo counties. State...

Philippines measles outbreak update: 47,000 cases and 77 deaths

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The number of measles cases in the Philippines has increased by nearly 7,000 since the last update one month ago. According to data from the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region (WHO-WPR)...

WHO Ebola meeting ends, inter-country strategy developed

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Accra, 03 July 2014 – The Emergency Ministerial meeting on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has ended today with Health Ministers agreeing on a range of priority actions to end the Ebola outbreak in West Africa....