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Bangladesh dengue death toll rises to 38, Six hospitals in Dhaka dedicated to treating dengue patients

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By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Bangladesh Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported an additional 258 more dengue patients were hospitalized (212 from Dhaka), bringing the total since the beginning...

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Comirnaty, receives FDA approval

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Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee),...

China reports 3rd human H5N6 avian influenza case in a week

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews For the third time in a week, Hong Kong health officials report monitoring a human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) on the Chinese mainland. The latest case involves...

FDA ivermectin warning: You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y’all. Stop it.

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put out a tweet Saturday that has garnered a lot of attention (with 36.6K retweets as of this writing) which states: You...

Russia reports 59 dirofilariasis cases in 2020

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Fifty-nine cases of dirofilariasis, spread through mosquito bites, were detected in Russia in 2020, according to the Rospotrebnadzor. In Russia, two types of dirofilariasis...

Cuba reports nearly 10K COVID-19 cases Friday, At the ‘limit’ of its health capabilities

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Cuba Ministry of Health reported 9,740 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 84 deaths, bringing the country’s totals since the beginning of the pandemic...

China: Bubonic plague case reported in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Health Commission of Ningxia has reported a confirmed bubonic plague case in capital Yinchuan, imported from North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The...

India: Leptospirosis increase reported in Maharashtra

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in the heavily populated Maharashtra state, India, are reporting a 77 per cent increase in leptospirosis cases compared to last year. To date, 184...

Bubonic plague case confirmed in Torrance County, New Mexico

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews New Mexico state health officials reported the first human case of bubonic plague in the state this year Friday. The patient – a resident of Torrance County...

Wisconsin: Two H1N2v influenza cases reported, Both attended same county fair

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported their were two human infections with a novel influenza A virus were reported by Wisconsin. Both individuals...