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Malaria vaccine: GSK announces a product transfer agreement with Bharat Biotech

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews GSK, PATH, and Bharat Biotech (BBIL) Wednesday announced the signing of a product transfer agreement for the malaria vaccine, RTS,S/AS01E. The agreement includes the...

India malaria mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, now widespread in the Horn of Africa

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Larvae of a new malaria mosquito species are abundantly present in water containers in cities in Ethiopia. The mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, is the main malaria mosquito...

New study identifies bird species that could spread ticks and Lyme disease

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Birds play an underrecognized role in spreading tick-borne disease due to their capacity for long-distance travel and tendency to split their time in different parts of the world – patterns that are...

Ross River fever cases up in area of NSW

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Health officials with the Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) have issued a health alert this week over an increase in Ross River fever cases in the southern Riverina in...

Rabies alert issued for Fairmount Heights, Maryland

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The Prince George’s County Health Department issued a rabies alert after concerns that animals or people may have been exposed to a rabid raccoon in Fairmount Heights. According to health officials,...

COVID-19 dashboard that compares U.S. states and countries around the world

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A new online dashboard, created by NYU Professor Alexej Jerschow, brings together COVID-19 data from U.S. states and countries around the world to compare cases, deaths, vaccines, and testing in a visual,...

Leptospirosis vaccine protects hamsters and mice against death

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Scientists have designed a single-dose universal vaccine that could protect against the many forms of leptospirosis bacteria, according to a study published today in eLife. An effective vaccine would...

Minnesota reports first known COVID-19 case associated with Brazil P.1 variant in the US

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By News Desk  @bactiman63 Minnesota health officials announced Monday that its Public Health Laboratory has found the variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus known as the Brazil P.1 variant in a specimen from...

Sexually transmitted infections in the US: ‘The burden of STIs is staggering’

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By News Desk  @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Monday that that on any given day in 2018, 1 in 5 people in the U.S. had a sexually transmitted infection (STI) and...

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine: Neutralizing activity against emerging variants retained

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Biotechnology company,  Moderna Inc., today announced results from in vitro neutralization studies of sera from individuals vaccinated with Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine showing activity against emerging...