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Vancouver, WA area measles outbreak: Two additional cases confirmed
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Costa Rica: Health officials investigate Hepatitis A surge in Puntarenas
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Animal diseases
China reports an African swine fever outbreak in Ningxia
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Chinese agricultural officials reported (computer translated) an additional African swine fever (ASF) outbreak in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR) in the northwest part of...

Newcastle disease confirmed in Utah flock
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For the first time, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of virulent Newcastle disease in...

African swine fever in China: 1st outbreak in Gansu province
Porcine epidemic diarrhea reported in Alberta for the 1st time
Research
Liver cancer patients can be treated for Hep C infection
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A large, multi-center study refutes earlier suggestions that antiviral drugs for treating hepatitis C may lead to a higher recurrence of liver cancer. Researchers at UT Southwestern...

Novel broad-spectrum antiviral drug discovered by HKU researchers
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The world has been repeatedly plagued by infectious disease outbreaks, including SARS and MERS coronaviruses, avian influenza viruses, and Zika virus. A team at the Medical Faculty...

Malaria mosquito vector, Anopheles stephensi, seen in Ethiopia for 1st time
Haiti: Madariaga virus reported in several children
Africa
South Africa issues alert for travelers to the southern African region
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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases in South Africa are advising travellers returning from the southern African region should be aware of a number of infectious disease...

CDC: ‘Those never vaccinated against yellow fever should avoid travel to Nigeria during the outbreak’
Madagascar measles update: 20,000 cases since October
Asia
China reports an African swine fever outbreak in Ningxia
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Chinese agricultural officials reported (computer translated) an additional African swine fever (ASF) outbreak in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR) in the northwest part of...

Malaysia reports another human rabies death in Sarawak
Philippines: Pampanga declared malaria free, No meningococcemia outbreak
Outbreak News Interviews
Outbreak News This Week Radio Show 1-20-19
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On today’s show on have two great interviews. First, Metabiota’s director of epidemiology, Patrick Ayscue, DVM joins me to discuss their predictions for the industries that...

Madariaga virus with Dr Glenn Morris
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Last week we learned of the emergence of yet another mosquito-borne virus. It’s called Madariaga virus and the human cases were confirmed in several schoolchildren in Haiti–the...

Top 3 industries that will be impacted by epidemics in 2019 with Metabiota’s Dr Patrick Ayscue
Animal outbreaks on farms: How do they dispose of the carcasses?
US News
Vancouver, WA area measles outbreak: Two additional cases confirmed
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Just a few days since the measles outbreak in Clark County, Washington was declared a public health emergency, health officials have confirmed two additional cases. This brings the...

Arizona: Hepatitis A outbreak in Pima County
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Since officials in Pima County, AZ reported the hepatitis A outbreak last November, the number of cases continue to rise into 2019. Since November 1, 2018, there have been 34 cases...

Shingrix shortage: Is Schumer linking it to the shutdown?
Louisiana hepatitis A outbreak update
Latin America and the Caribbean
Measles vaccination campaign continues in Costa Rica
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The Ministry of Health reports the measles vaccination campaign in the country has completed its fourth week and  63% of the vaccines had been administered as of Jan. 11. The country...

Costa Rica: Health officials investigate Hepatitis A surge in Puntarenas
Hantavirus outbreak in Argentina: 13th fatality reported
Europe
Measles continues strong in Ukraine in 2019
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In 2018, Ukraine saw an astounding 54,000 measles cases and 16 fatalities. As 2019 begins, it appears the measles problem continues in Ukraine as health officials has already reported...

Drug resistant gonorrhea in the UK: Two cases being investigated
Ireland issues warning over increase in meningococcal disease