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Measles case reported in Afghan refugee at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews At least one Afghan refugee that recently arrived at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin has been confirmed measles positive, according to a ABC News 19 report. According to a Fort...

Taiwan reports first local tularemia case

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported this week the first domestically acquired tularemia case in the country. Tularemia has been a reportable infectious...

Yellow fever in Cameroon: Nine confirmed cases reported through early August

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews UN health officials report in Cameroon, a total of nine presumptive cases of yellow fever, including three deaths (case fatality rate 33 %), tested positive by plaque...

Arizona: Maricopa County reports significant increase in West Nile virus, First death

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Maricopa County in south-central Arizona are reporting a significant increase in West Nile virus (WNV) cases so far in 2021. Maricopa County is the...

Philippines reports record high COVID-19 cases, Success of vaccines documented

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenew The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) saw a new record one day high COVID-19 tally Thursday with 22,820 new Covid-19 infections. Health officials also reported 61...

Kerala: Seven more people test negative for Nipah

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Kerala state Health Minister Veena George said that seven more people who had been in isolation at Kozhikode Medical College have been confirmed to have no Nipah virus. The...

Baguio dengue cases continue to rise, Six-fold increase from 2020

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenew Health officials with the city of Baguio continue to see a rise in dengue fever cases. Since the beginning of the year through the end of August, the City Health Services...

Portugal: COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to fall

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Portugal Directorate-General for Health (DGS) reported Wednesday an additional 1,778 new COVID-19 infections and 10 deaths related to the disease. Since the beginning...

Meningococcal meningitis kill half of cases in Tshopo province, DRC

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Tshopo Provincial Health Division, in north central Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were first notified in July of a potential outbreak following the deaths...

China reports another H5N6 avian influenza case

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reports monitoring a human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in mainland China, the 18th case reported in the past...