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2016 Rio Games: Olympic and Paralympic athletes and staff not infected with Zika, other viruses implicated

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U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes and staff who traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the 2016 Summer Games did not become infected with Zika virus but did test positive for other tropical, mosquito-borne...

Michigan reports 1st Influenza A H3N2 Variant case of 2017

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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) along with the Allegan County Health Department (ACHD) report that a child who had visited the recent Allegan County Fair has tested positive...

Biological weapons in North Korea: Report outlines what is known and unknown

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Italy reports 4 indigenous Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases

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Italian health officials reported this week four Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases in the Apulia region in southern Italy. According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC),...

Nigeria issues monkeypox advisory, media reports suspected outbreak in Port Harcourt

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Health officials issue advisory In a follow-up on the monkeypox outbreak in the southern Nigerian state of Bayelsa, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) issued a health advisory for the viral...

Texas reports 2nd local transmission of Zika, this one in Cameron County

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In July, Texas and Hidalgo County health officials confirmed the first indigenous case of Zika virus infection. On Thursday, the Cameron County Department of Health and Human Services announced the...

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Plague: Antibiotics, money delivered to Madagascar to battle outbreak

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It’s “plague season” in Madagascar; however, this year is unique as the current outbreak is affecting major urban centres in the country concerning health officials. For the six years...

Brazil: Hepatitis A cases up 700 percent in São Paulo

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The largest city in the Americas, São Paulo, Brazil is reporting a dramatic increase in hepatitis A cases this year according to data released by the Municipal Health Secretariat earlier this week. According...

New Zealand: Measles and rubella officially eliminated

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New Zealand has won international praise for successfully eliminating endemic measles and rubella for the first time. Ministry of Health’s Director of Public Health, Dr Caroline McElnay, says it means...

Zika screening test for blood donations receive FDA nod

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the cobas Zika test, a qualitative nucleic acid test for the detection of Zika virus RNA in individual plasma specimens obtained from volunteer donors...