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Meningitis kills two in Macon County, NC

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Officials with Macon County Public Health (MCPH) in North Carolina have confirmed bacterial meningitis outbreak. As of Feb. 27, two deaths have occurred in the past three weeks–one confirmed caused...

Hepatitis A cases up in the Boise area

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Officials with the Central District Health Department has reported an increase in hepatitis A in the Boise, ID area. Since the first of the year, six hepatitis A cases have been reported among Ada and...

Anthrax kills two, eight hospitalized in Tanzania

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Health officials in Tanzania are reporting an anthrax outbreak in Moshi District, Kilimanjaro Region in northern Tanzania. According to Kilimanjaro Regional Commissioner, Anna Mghwira, eight additional...

China: African swine fever reported on Shaanxi Province farm

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Chinese agricultural officials are reporting (computer translated) a new African swine fever (ASF) outbreak in Shaanxi Province. The outbreak, which occurred on a Jingbian County, Yulin City farm of 11,334...

Los Angeles: Increase in whooping cough clusters reported

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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is reporting an increase in clusters of pertussis cases among 11 to 18-year olds across the county. Health officials note that the overall number...

Illinois: Mumps cases reported in McHenry County

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Health officials in McHenry County, Il have reported eight cases of mumps have been identified at two locations in McHenry County.  MCDH is actively investigating the cases; it has not yet been determined...

Cook Islands declare dengue outbreak in Rarotonga, 1st in a decade

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The Cook Islands Health Ministry declared a dengue fever outbreak this week following the confirmation of seven dengue cases in Rarotonga in the past month. Of these cases, one was a visitor from French...

Possible measles exposure in Hillsdale, NJ prompts health alert

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New Jersey health officials issued a public health alert Tuesday due to a confirmed case of measles. The individual, who is a New Jersey resident, could have possibly exposed others to the infection...

Universal flu vaccine: Senators reintroduce legislation to more than double investment

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One year after Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts introduced the Flu Vaccine Act, he and a number of US Senators are reintroducing the bill to pay for comprehensive research for the creation of...

Chikungunya vaccine candidate fast tracked

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Themis Bioscience, a biopharmaceutical company focused on immunomodulation therapies for infectious diseases and cancer, announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted...