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White-Nose Syndrome Found in North Dakota

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A fungus that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS), a deadly disease of hibernating bats but not a direct health risk for humans, has been detected in North Dakota for the first time. The fungus was detected...

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5th Child With E. coli After San Diego County Fair

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By Jory Lange The County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency announced today that a fifth child developed E coli after visiting the San Diego County Fair.  Like the earlier cases, animals...

California: 1st measles case in San Bernardino County, SD E. coli update

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews San Bernardino County San Bernardino County health officials have reported the first confirmed measles case of the year in a unvaccinated 8-month old child who traveled...

New Jersey reports 1st West Nile virus case of the year: ‘Earliest time a case was detected’

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A Hunterdon County man is the first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) of 2019 in New Jersey, according to state health officials. The man in his 70s began exhibiting...

Infectious diseases contracted on a dare

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An Australian man died in December from a serious Salmonella infection, some say was contracted by eating a gecko on a dare at a Christmas Party. This is not the first time someone either got very sick...

Florida reports 90 additional hepatitis A cases last week

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Florida state health officials reported an additional 90 hepatitis A cases during the week ending June 29, bringing the total to 1718 since the beginning of the year...

Taiwan: More dengue, Japanese encephalitis and enterovirus

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Dengue fever The Department of Disease Control announced today of two additional locally transmitted dengue fever cases in Tainan City. The cases were reported in...

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Schistosomiasis: 200 cases reported in Rakhine state, Myanmar

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Rakhine state, Myanmar continue to see high numbers of schistosomiasis infections, according to a Democratic Voice of Burma report (computer translated). Since...

Lyme disease vaccine candidate: Initiation of second study of Phase 2 clinical development

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Biotech and vaccine development company, Valneva announced today the initiation of the second study of Phase 2 clinical development for its leading, unique Lyme disease vaccine candidate VLA15. The overall...

Japanese Encephalitis: 22 deaths reported in Assam, India

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In the state of Assam in northeastern India, the Japanese encephalitis (JE) situation has got to the point that the Union minister of health and family welfare (MoHFW)...