Here are the top five posts on Outbreak News Today for the week Feb. 16 through Feb. 22:

5. Chagas disease: Two dozen cases reported in Yucatan state, Mexico in one week

Image/Howard the Duck
Image/Howard the Duck

In Yucatan state, Mexico, health officials reported 24 Chagas disease cases in a one week period.

4. Philippines measles outbreak: Cases and deaths double in one week

One of several updates on the measles epidemic in the Philippines.

3. Philippines measles outbreak tops 11,000, Cavite declares state of calamity

The most recent update, in which health officials put the epidemic at 11,459 measles cases, including 189 fatalities since the beginning of the year though Feb. 20.

2. Boston College: Norovirus confirmed on campus

The University Health Services at Boston College (BC) reported that laboratory tests from three patients treated early last week revealed the presence of norovirus.

1.Polio in Indonesia: 1st case in over a decade

The top post of the week was about a new circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) outbreak confirmed in Indonesia.

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