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Measles in Africa: 15 countries report outbreaks
Massachusetts reports 5th human Eastern Equine Encephalitis case
Animal diseases
New Jersey reports 1st EEE case of year in a horse
Beautiful horses

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The New Jersey Department of Agriculture reported a Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in a 4-year-old mare in Atlantic County. The animal was euthanized. This...

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) reported in Norway reindeer

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Norwegian Veterinary Institute reported Thursday of a confirmed case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild reindeer shot during the ordinary...

Anthrax confirmed in cattle in Morton County, North Dakota
Michigan reports 10 Eastern Equine Encephalitis cases in horses in 3 weeks
Research
Zika-Chikungunya dual infection linked to stroke: Research

A deadly combination of two mosquito-borne viruses may be a trigger for stroke, new research published in the The Lancet Neurology has found. University of Liverpool researchers...

COVID-19: Patients with sleep apnea could be at additional risk

People who have been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea could be at increased risk of adverse outcomes from COVID-19 according to a new study from the University of Warwick. The...

Immunosuppressive drugs for psoriasis and RA do not increase risk for COVID-19: Henry Ford study
Scientists develop a pocket-sized tool for rapidly identifying various mosquito-borne diseases
Africa
Measles in Africa: 15 countries report outbreaks

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice this week concerning travel to Africa due to measles outbreaks in...

Chikungunya outbreak in Chad nears 25,000 cases
Cholera outbreak in Ethiopia nears 15K cases
Asia
Philippines: COVID-19 update, Measles vaccination campaign

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews COVID-19 The Department of Health (DOH) reported 3,962 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the country total to 283,460. The bulk of the new...

China: Thousands of people test positive for brucellosis, linked to biopharmaceutical company leak in 2019
Cholera: 1st local case reported in Taiwan
Outbreak News Interviews
Kedrab: 1st pediatric trial for Human Rabies Immune Globulin

Rabies post exposure prophylaxis, or PEP, consists of a rabies vaccine series and human rabies immune globulin (HRIG). Kedrion Biopharma’s human rabies immune globulin, Kedrab, was...

SARS-CoV-2 is NOT transmitted by mosquitoes: A talk with Dr Stephen Higgs

The World Health Organization (WHO) previously stated “To date there has been no information nor evidence to suggest that the new coronavirus could be transmitted by mosquitoes”. Now...

Cancer screening in the time of COVID-19: Prevent Cancer Foundation’s ‘Back on the Books’ campaign
Head lice activity is up in the US in the time of the pandemic
US News
Massachusetts reports 5th human Eastern Equine Encephalitis case

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced the fifth confirmed human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus infection...

Indiana: Probable EEE case reported in LaPorte County

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Indiana state health officials are reporting a probable case of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in a LaPorte County resident, prompting officials...

Salmonella: La Aldea Store and Restaurant Outbreak
Michigan: Suspect Eastern Equine Encephalitis case reported in Barry County
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina: 12 trichinosis cases reported in Córdoba

The Ministry of Health of Córdoba have reported 12 cases of trichinosis in two towns of the province, prompting a warning about the risks of consuming or buying pork of doubtful origin...

Dengue fever cases up 22% in Federal District, Brazil
Colombia now records the 6th most COVID-19, Health ministry to start seroprevalence study
Europe
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) reported in Norway reindeer

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Norwegian Veterinary Institute reported Thursday of a confirmed case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild reindeer shot during the ordinary...

Leptospirosis cases reported in Nikolaev, Ukraine
Germany reports increase in tick-borne encephalitis, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria account for nine out of 10 cases