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Cow Pie Fresh Frozen pet food recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes risk

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Columbia River Natural Pet Foods of Vancouver, WA is voluntarily recalling 933 packages of Cow Pie fresh frozen meats for dogs and cats, produced in August 2017, because it has the potential to be contaminated...

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Measles update: Vaccine clinic in Rockland County, Brooklyn reports more cases

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Rockland County Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert inform residents that the Health Department will be holding a free measles, mumps, rubella...

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Histoplasmosis reported in Louisiana Boy Scouts

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The Istrouma Area Council of Boy Scouts of America in Baton Rouge, Louisiana announced this week that  several campers at Avondale Scout Reservation have recently been treated for histoplasmosis, including...

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Mumps outbreak at Lewis University’s Romeoville campus

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Will County health officials announced that there is a mumps outbreak on the Romeoville campus of Lewis University due to one confirmed case and seven probable cases in students. The Illinois Department...

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Meningococcal meningitis Type B confirmed in CCSU student

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Connecticut state health officials are reporting a confirmed meningococcal meningitis case in a Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT student. “We are working with CCSU officials...

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Illinois: Health officials encourage hepatitis A vaccination for high risk individuals

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The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has received confirmation of five hepatitis A cases in east-central Illinois during November.  On average there are 70 cases of hepatitis A reported in...

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UW Hospital Legionnaires’ disease update

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In an update on the Legionnaires’ Disease cases linked to the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison, five cases of possible nosocomial Legionnaires’ disease are now being investigated. All...

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Chicago reports 15 percent decline in new HIV cases

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Chicago health officials are reporting a 15% decrease in residents newly diagnosed with HIV in 2017 compared to one year earlier, according to a Chicago Department of Public Health’s (CDPH)  2017...

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CDC: U.S. AFM cases appear to have peaked

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today that based on the number of reported cases of AFM in the United States through November 30, 2018, it appears that the number of persons...

Oregon Zoo loses elephant to herpes virus

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The Oregon Zoo announced last week the death of a ix-year-old Asian elephant named Lily. The elephant succumbed to a sudden onset of endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV), a rapidly progressing and often...