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Jordan shigella outbreak rises to 80, Source still not identified
shigellosis
Kerala Health Minister: Kozhikode district can now said to be free of Nipah virus
Vaccines
Influenza vaccine: FDA approves Flucelvax Quadrivalent for children as young as six months old

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Seqirus announced Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved FLUCELVAX® QUADRIVALENT (Influenza Vaccine), the company’s cell-based...

100 million Brazilians fully vaccinated against COVID-19

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 As a result of the more than 300 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine distributed throughout the country, Brazil arrives on this Wednesday, an important milestone...

Bolivia: Nearly 7 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19
Sweden and Norway pause use of Moderna vaccine due to Myocarditis risk
Research
‘We now have evidence that the environment plays a most critical role in shaping the emergence of this pathogen’: UCF study

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 A new study from the University of Central Florida found that the environmental lifestyle that bacteria possess reveal why some go rogue and turn deadly while...

The influenza and heart disease connection: Houston Methodist study

If you have heart disease or risk factors for heart disease, you already know about the increased risk of heart attack and stroke. But did you know that coming down with the flu can...

Children repeatedly exposed to malaria from birth are more likely to be anemic by the age of two: Study
Singapore: Mosquitos infected with the bacterium Wolbachia to reduce dengue could be highly cost-effective
Africa
Ebola outbreak: 3 additional confirmed cases reported Beni

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), three additional cases were confirmed, including one death,...

Africa CDC update on the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Ebola in DRC: 2nd confirmed case reported in Beni
Asia
Philippines reports 7.7K new COVID-19 cases, Receives more than 700K Sputnik V vaccines Saturday

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Philippines Department of Health reported an additional 7,772 COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the cumulative total to 2,713,509 since the start of the...

Japanese encephalitis death reported in Ōita Prefecture, Japan
Philippines: Negros Oriental reports big drop in dengue in 2021
Europe
COVID-19 records being set in Russia as vaccinations lag

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Russian health authorities reported records in daily cases and deaths Saturday, reporting 33,208 new infections and 1,002 deaths, according to the Moscow...

CDC issues travel notice for Ukraine due to polio risk

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 After the confirmation of a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) case in a young child in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine recently, the Centers for...

Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus in Ukraine: GPEI update
Finland reports increase in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, 74% of eligible people fully vaccinated
US News
Salmonella Oranienburg outbreak increases by 173 infections in two weeks

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported an additional 173 Salmonella Oranienburg infections, bringing the multistate outbreak to 592...

CDC issues travel notice for Ukraine due to polio risk

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 After the confirmation of a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) case in a young child in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine recently, the Centers for...

Indiana reports 1st flu death of 2021-22 flu season
Valley fever bipartisan bill, FORWARD Act, introduced
Latin America and the Caribbean
100 million Brazilians fully vaccinated against COVID-19

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 As a result of the more than 300 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine distributed throughout the country, Brazil arrives on this Wednesday, an important milestone...

Brazil: 186 congenital syphilis deaths in 2020
Yellow fever in Venezuela: WHO details
Outbreak News Interviews
Plasmodium vivax: The Global burden is obscure and insidious

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 There are five Plasmodium species that cause malaria with the vast majority of reported cases being due to Plasmodium falciparum. Plasmodium vivax is the...

Outbreak News This Week 10-9-2021: Polio in Ukraine and other news
Outbreak News This Week 10-2-2021: Illinois rabies case and more news