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Florida: Hepatitis A outbreak tops 1,000 cases for 2019

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Statewide outbreak update The Florida Department of Health (FLDOH) reported an additional 85 hepatitis A cases during the week ending May 4, bringing the outbreak total since the beginning of the year...

Auckland measles outbreak up to 40, Wellington reports 1st case

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The number of measles cases in the New Zealand outbreak this year is now well over 100 and Auckland health officials are officially reported 40 confirmed cases as of today. In Wellington, the Capital...

Three wild poliovirus cases reported in past week, 15 total cases in 2019 to date

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Officials with the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) reported three additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases from Afghanistan and Pakistan, bringing the total for 2019 to date to 15. In...

California: Additional measles case reported in Los Angeles, 1st case in Long Beach

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LA County health officials report  investigating an additional confirmed case of measles in a Los Angeles County resident and an additional non-resident measles case that traveled throughout Southern...

Hungary reports 4 human anthrax cases

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Hungarian health authorities have reported (computer translated) four human cutaneous anthrax cases, at least one confirmed, in two separate counties in recent weeks. The affected individuals were reported...

Canada: Alberta grapples with ‘alarming’ increases in syphilis and gonorrhea

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Alberta Health Services (AHS) is reporting that across the province, the number of infectious syphilis and gonorrhea cases continue to rise at alarming rates. Gonorrhea cases have more than doubled from...

Leishmaniasis cases up in Sweden, primarily cutaneous form: Study

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The number of cases caused by Leishmania, a parasite carried by the sandfly, mainly found in tropical and subtropical areas and in countries around the Mediterranean, has increased in Sweden, according...

Ebola death toll tops 1000, ‘Operating environment has become increasingly insecure and socio-politically complex’

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ministry of Health (MOH) reported Friday (computer translated) that the death toll from the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak has surpassed 1,000 total. Since...

Hepatitis A increase reported in Seoul area

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Korean health officials are reporting a significant increase in the number of hepatitis A cases in recent months in Seoul and region around it. According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and...

Plague deaths reported in western Mongolia

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Health authorities in Mongolia are reporting two deaths in Ulgii district in westernmost Mongolia. Preliminary test results show that bubonic plague is the likely caused the deaths of the husband and...