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California reports increase in Candida auris cases, Health advisory issued

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The California Department of Health issued a health advisory last week due to increasing reports of the multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO), Candida auris (C. auris). State...

Monkeypox alert issued in Eastern Cameroon: Media report

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials have issued a alert in the town of Ayos in Eastern Cameroon due to a fatal monkeypox case, according to a media report. The case was discovered on...

Listeria health alert issued at Queensland Children’s Hospital

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By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 A health alert was issued Friday at the Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane due to Listeria-tainted ham. The bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes, was detected in a batch...

Possible Listeria monocytogenes prompts alert over French cheese

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a health alert Friday due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination of l’Explorateur soft ripened cheese. The pasteurized, cow’s milk cheese...

Texas health alert: Infant Botulism and the Risk of Honey Pacifiers

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BACKGROUND: Honey can contain spores of Clostridium botulinum, an organism that produces a potent neurotoxin known to cause severe illness in infants. Infant botulism occurs when C. botulinum spores...

Banquet TV dinner: Salmonella risk in brownies prompts health alert

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is alerting consumers that the brownie mix dessert included in the breaded chicken nugget meal trays produced by Conagra...

Sliced deli meats served at Dion’s restaurants prompt health alert

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert due to concerns that assorted sliced deli meat products served to customers at Dion’s...

US Virgin Islands: Norovirus alert issued for St. Croix

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The US Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Health issued a norovirus health alert Wednesday for St. Croix after five individuals tested positive for the gastrointestinal virus. Health officials initially...

New Hampshire: Invasive Group A Strep cluster linked to heroin use

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The New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services (NH DPHS) issued a health alert after learning of four cases of invasive Group A Streptococcal bacteremia, all males, and all active injection heroin...

CDC issues alert to health practitioners: Be on the lookout for multidrug-resistant yeast Candida auris

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received reports from international healthcare facilities that Candida auris, an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast, is causing invasive healthcare-associated...