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SCIENTISTS: Bananas Could Go “Extinct” Due to Fungus Outbreak
New Mexico: State Fair Petting Zoo Linked to Cryptosporidiosis Outbreak
Africa
Africa: 89 chikungunya cases reported in Pouytenga, Burkina Faso

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Health Emergency Response Operations Center (CORUS) informs that 89 cases of chikungunya have been confirmed in Pouytenga in the Center-East region of Burkina...

DRC: Haut-Katanga province reports 13 human rabies deaths in past year

NewsDesk @bactiman63 During a joint press conference last week, Haut-Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Health minister, Dr. Joseph Nsambi and Minister of Agriculture, Aerts...

Monkeypox outbreak in DRC
Cholera: Cases more than double in 2022, 44 countries reported cases
Australia
Australia: Another measles case reported in Victoria

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Victoria Department of Health reports a new case of measles has been identified in a returned overseas traveller. There have been a total of 4 cases of measles...

Australia: Rise in listeriosis cases reported in New South Wales, Health officials remind vulnerable populations

NewsDesk @bactiman63 NSW Health is reminding people who are immunocompromised, pregnant, or aged over 65 years to avoid foods that can cause listeriosis, following several confirmed...

Australia: NSW Health warns of measles after two recent travel associated cases
Kuru: A fascinating history of a devastating disease linked to cannibalism
Indian subcontinent
Bangladesh: Dengue deaths top 900, 2/3s in Dhaka

NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to data published by The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in Bangladesh, an additional 3,008 dengue fever hospitalizations were reported,...

Nipah virus in Kerala update: ‘There hasn’t been a second wave’
Nipah confirmed in 3 people in Kerala state: Minister Veena George
Asia
Vietnam reports 1st local monkeypox case in Ho Chi Minh City

NewsDesk @bactiman63 On September 26, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said that a male patient diagnosed with monkeypox (Mpox) is currently being isolated and treated at...

China reports fatal H5N6 avian influenza case in Chongqing
Taiwan: Dengue outbreak tally tops 10,000 cases
Europe
Denmark whooping cough epidemic continues: Levels now seen ten times higher than normal

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the whooping cough, or pertussis outbreak in Denmark, the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) reports during the spring and summer, the weekly number...

Turkey health minister on flu vaccines: ‘Please do not neglect it’

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca stated that they started the 2023 flu vaccine application as of September 15, in order to reduce the effects of flu epidemics,...

Dengue fever: Italy locally transmitted cases rise to 27
Italy locally transmitted dengue cases rise to 19
US News
CDC: Gills Onions Linked to Salmonella infection Across Several States

The CDC reports a food safety alert after 73 salmonella illnesses across 22 states and 15 hospitalizations. A voluntarily recall for certain diced onion products from Gills Onions...

SCIENTISTS: Bananas Could Go “Extinct” Due to Fungus Outbreak

Scientists warn that the most popular type of banana could be on the brink of extinction due to a disease outbreak that’s ravaging the common food staple. “Nobody is even close...

New Mexico: State Fair Petting Zoo Linked to Cryptosporidiosis Outbreak
Cocrystal Doses First Patient in Norovirus Trial
Latin America and the Caribbean
Jamaica: Certain health centers extend hours in response to dengue outbreak

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the dengue outbreak in Jamaica, Director of Health Services Planning and Integration, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Nadine Williams announced...

Costa Rica: Health ministry monitors malaria cases in the southwest
Dengue outbreak declared in Jamaica
Animal diseases
Anthrax cases in beef cattle rise in North Dakota

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on animal anthrax cases in North Dakota, the state’s Department of Agriculture reports there are now 16 premises affected by anthrax in southwest...

Maine: Eastern Equine Encephalitis confirmed in farm animals in Piscataquis County
Texas reports additional animal anthrax cases in 2023