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Jamestown Canyon Virus: 1st case reported in New Hampshire this year

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is announcing that an adult from Loudon, NH, tested positive for Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV). The...

Chicago issues Emergency Travel Order for travelers from states seeing COVID-19 surge

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Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Allison Arwady, M.D., Thursday issued an Emergency Travel Order directing travelers entering or returning to Chicago from states experiencing a surge in...

Cyclospora Recall Expands: Fresh Express, Giant Eagle, Hy-Vee, Walmart, Jewel-Osco, and ALDI Salads Recalled

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By Jory Lange Citing potential Cyclospora risk, today Fresh Express expanded its recall of products containing iceberg lettuce, red cabbage and carrots.  The salad products were produced at Fresh Express’...

Arizona reports single day high in COVID-19

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Arizona health officials reported 3,858 additional COVID-19 cases Sunday, a single-day high, bringing the state total to 73,908. This was the seventh time in the last...

Mississippi reports 1st West Nile virus case of 2020

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reported Friday on the first human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) for 2020. The case was reported in Claiborne County. “This...

Los Angeles COVID-19 case count nears 100K: ‘We are at a critical moment’

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the COVID-19 outbreak in Los Angeles County, county health officials reported 2,169 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 Saturday. This brings the case...

Case Count Hits 206 in Cyclospora Bagged Salads Outbreak

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By: Candess Zona-Mendola of MakeFoodSafe More cases and states have been added by the CDC to the multi-state Cyclospora outbreak linked to bagged salads today. As of this evening, eight states are now...

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Severe COVID-19 illness: CDC expands list of who is at increased risk

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On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an expanded list of who is at increased risk for getting severely ill from COVID-19. In addition to what we already knew–older...

California: 1st human West Nile virus cases reported in Stanislaus County

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Stanislaus County, California have s confirmed the first two human West Nile virus (WNV) infections in the county. Both were adult males and did...

Salmonella cases surge in multistate outbreak

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to contact with live poultry, 368 additional cases were reported in the past month, bringing the total...