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Strangles reported in Pinellas County horse

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On July 7, one premise in Pinellas County, Florida was placed under quarantine for clinical signs and positive PCR confirmation of strangles, according to a Equine Disease Communication Center (EDCC)...

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Hilton Head resident 1st human West Nile virus case in SC in 2017

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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) reported Friday on the first human West Nile virus (WNV) case on 2017 in a resident from Hilton Head Island. DHEC stresses the...

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Alabama issues Vibrio warning: Don’t enter bodies of water if you have cuts or abrasions

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Just a day after Mobile County health officials reported three necrotizing fasciitis cases caused by Vibrio vulnificus, Alabama state health authorities issued a warning concerning entering bodies of...

Brenda Fitzgerald, MD was appointed as the 17th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and as the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry on July 7, 2017. Image/CDC

Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald named new CDC director

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Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Tom Price, M.D., named Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D., as the 17th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Administrator...

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10 hepatitis A deaths reported in Detroit area in past year

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State and local health officials continue to  investigate an outbreak of hepatitis A cases in the city of Detroit, and Macomb, Oakland, Wayne, and St. Clair counties. From August 1, 2016 to June 26,...

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Trichinellosis in Alaska: Outbreaks linked to walrus meat

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For nearly a year between July 2016 and May 2017, Alaska health officials reported two outbreaks of trichinellosis in the Norton Sound region associated with consumption of raw or undercooked walrus...

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Serratia marcescens cluster linked to tampered syringes at Wisconsin hospital

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An illegal diversion of opioids by a hospital nurse tampering with syringes was responsible for a cluster outbreak of Serratia marcescens, a gram-negative bacteria, according to research published online...

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Spokane reports 1st ever hantavirus case

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Washington has reported five hantavirus cases in 2017 and the most recent case in Spokane County has resulted in death. Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) said a man in his 50s has died from complications...

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Graceland Legionnaires outbreak now up to 5 cases

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In a follow-up on the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak linked to The Guest House at Graceland has grown to five cases, the Shelby County Health Department (SCHD) tweeted today. Health officials reported...

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Powassan and Lyme disease: Chuck Schumer calls for Feds to ‘step up their game’

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Ahead of what is projected to be one of the worst summers for tick-borne diseases in years in Westchester and Rockland Counties, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer today urged, the U.S. Department...