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Virginia reports statewide outbreak of meningococcal disease: Most in the Eastern region

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Virginia state health officials report a statewide outbreak of meningococcal disease. Twenty-seven cases of meningococcal disease, caused by the bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis type...

Virginia: Equine Herpesvirus-1 at Lexington Facility

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 On June 22, the State Veterinarian’s Office of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) was informed two horses from the same barn tested positive for...

Meningococcal Disease in Eastern Virginia: 3 dead in outbreak

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) reports twelve cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) type Y have been reported since June 2022; the outbreak was declared in September...

Virginia reports 1st monkeypox death

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is reporting the first death of a person diagnosed with monkeypox, now known as “mpox,” in Virginia. The patient was an adult resident...

Monkeypox cases rise to 13 in Virginia

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 On Friday, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) announced the total monkeypox cases (Cases include confirmed monkeypox and probable orthopoxvirus cases) in the state has risen...

Virginia reports 1st confirmed monkeypox case

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 On Thursday, Virginia state health officials reported on a presumed monkeypox case in a resident. The next day, they announced the CDC has confirmed that the Virginia patient tested...

Virginia officials reports on measles case, investigates possible exposures

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Out of an abundance of caution, health districts in northern Virginia are informing people who were at various locations listed below during the specified time frames, that they may...

Virginia: Three one-year-olds exposed to THC in Goldfish crackers at daycare

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia released the following on their Facebook page last week: Day Care Owner Charged On March 2nd Deputy A.J. Deasy responded to Stafford...

Rabies: Rabid anteater transferred between zoos exposes 13 people

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In an article in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the authors of the case report discuss the exposure to rabies of some 13 people due to the translocation...

Avian influenza reported in birds in Kentucky and Virginia

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in...