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Robert Herriman

Microbiologist, podcaster and Editor at Outbreak News Today.

Madagascar plague outbreak and other infectious disease news

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The plague outbreak in Madagascar was the topic of the first segment of Sunday’s airing of the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show on 860 AM WGUL in the Tampa Bay area. Show host, Robert Herriman...

H5N1 avian influenza kills three in Egypt

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The Egyptian Ministry of Health (MOH) is reporting four additional human cases of H5N1 avian influenza, where three of the cases resulted in death, according to a MOH statement (computer translated). The...

Tetanus cases in Alaska demonstrate need to be up-to-date with vaccinations

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tetanus is uncommon in the United States, with an average of 29 reported cases per year from 1996 through 2009. Nearly all cases of tetanus...

Sudan: More than 800 yellow fever cases reported in Greater Darfur in past two years

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The Sudanese federal ministry of health (MOH) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) noted in a joint “Situation Report” that the number of cases of the serious mosquito borne viral disease,...

Ebola case count climbs in three hardest hit countries

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The number of cases and deaths reported from the three West African countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea has topped 16,000 and nears 7,000, respectively, according to the latest data from the...

Hong Kong reports case of human myiasis

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The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) recorded a local case of human myiasis on November 5, 2014 affecting a 64-year-old woman with history of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. She sustained...

Croatia reports anthrax outbreak on Garešnica farm

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Anthrax has affected a herd of cattle on a farm in Garešnica, Croatia, which has killed at least two cows and left dozens susceptible to the bacterial disease, according to recent OIE report. The notification...

Chikungunya cases up in the UK in 2014

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After reporting a total of 28 chikungunya cases in 2013, primarily due to travel to south-east Asia and South Asia travel, the Public Health England (PHE) reports there has been nearly 200 cases seen so...

H7N9 avian influenza cases reported in Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces

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In the past couple days, two additional human cases of H7N9 avian influenza have been reported from two areas of China, according to different sources. The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP)...

Singapore reports 5th dengue fever fatality as case count exceeds 17,000 for 2014

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The Asian city-state and island country of Singapore is reporting a dengue fever fatality in a man who lived at Chuan Terrace, according to the health ministry today.  The patient was a 69-year-old...