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Plague infected squirrel detected in central Colorado

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Jefferson County, CO have reported a plague positive squirrel in the town of Morrison, less than 20 miles from Denver. This is the first case...

Dengue in Florida: 3 additional locally transmitted cases reported in Monroe County

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the dengue fever situation in south Florida, the Florida Department of Health in Monroe County are reporting three additional locally transmitted...

South Carolina: First EEE case reported in Marion County horse

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Clemson University Livestock Poultry Health (LPH) reported Friday on the first case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in South Carolina this year. “The infected...

Okinawa: Scores of COVID-19 cases reported on US bases

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the Okinawa government report that more than 60 U.S. forces stationed at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma and Camp Hansen have tested positive...

Cyclospora Bagged Salads Outbreak Hits 509 Cases

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By: Candess Zona-Mendola of MakeFoodSafe.com Just one day after the Public Health Agency of Canada announced its investigation into 37 cases of Cyclospora in three Canadian provinces, the CDC made its...

Lice Activity Increased During Pandemic according to Lice Clinics of America

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Lice Clinics of America (LCA), headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, reported that clinics across their U.S. network saw an average increase of 25 percent in lice activity from April to May of this year....

Antibiotic recalled: One lot of Mylan’s Daptomycin for Injection, Presence of particulate matter found

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Mylan N.V.External Link Disclaimer  announced Tuesday that its U.S.-based Mylan Institutional LLC business is conducting a voluntary nationwide recall to the consumer level of one lot of Daptomycin for...

FDA warning: False Positive Results with BD SARS-CoV-2 Reagents for the BD Max System

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting clinical laboratory staff and health care providers of an increased risk of a false positive result using BD SARS-CoV-2 Reagents for the BD Max System...

SARS-CoV-2: EPA approves two Lysol products for surface disinfection

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Before pesticide products can legally make claims that they can kill a particular pathogen such as SARS-CoV-2, the claim must be authorized by EPA based on a review of data. On Monday, the U.S. Environmental...

US coronavirus cases top 3 million, California, Texas report surges

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The United States his a grim milestone today topping 3 million COVID-19 cases, after reporting an additional 51,000 in the past day. The death toll now stands at...