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CDC: Gills Onions Linked to Salmonella infection Across Several States

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The CDC reports a food safety alert after 73 salmonella illnesses across 22 states and 15 hospitalizations. A voluntarily recall for certain diced onion products from Gills Onions include some lots of...

SCIENTISTS: Bananas Could Go “Extinct” Due to Fungus Outbreak

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Scientists warn that the most popular type of banana could be on the brink of extinction due to a disease outbreak that’s ravaging the common food staple. “Nobody is even close to solving the problem,”...

New Mexico: State Fair Petting Zoo Linked to Cryptosporidiosis Outbreak

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A statewide Cryptosporidiosis outbreak in New Mexico is being investigated with links to exposures at a livestock petting zoo at the New Mexico State Fair. The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) investigation...

Africa: 89 chikungunya cases reported in Pouytenga, Burkina Faso

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Health Emergency Response Operations Center (CORUS) informs that 89 cases of chikungunya have been confirmed in Pouytenga in the Center-East region of Burkina Faso by the national...

DRC: Haut-Katanga province reports 13 human rabies deaths in past year

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 During a joint press conference last week, Haut-Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Health minister, Dr. Joseph Nsambi and Minister of Agriculture, Aerts Kayumba...

Vietnam reports 1st local monkeypox case in Ho Chi Minh City

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 On September 26, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said that a male patient diagnosed with monkeypox (Mpox) is currently being isolated and treated at the Ho Chi Minh City...

Denmark whooping cough epidemic continues: Levels now seen ten times higher than normal

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the whooping cough, or pertussis outbreak in Denmark, the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) reports during the spring and summer, the weekly number of detected cases...

Cocrystal Doses First Patient in Norovirus Trial

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Cocrystal Pharma announced the of the first subjects in a Phase 1 clinical trial with its oral, first-in-class pan-norovirus and pan-coronavirus 3CL protease inhibitor CDI-988.  This...

China reports fatal H5N6 avian influenza case in Chongqing

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 An additional human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) has been reported in China, according to a Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) report. The case involves a 68-year-old...

Australia: Another measles case reported in Victoria

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Victoria Department of Health reports a new case of measles has been identified in a returned overseas traveller. There have been a total of 4 cases of measles identified in Victoria...