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Leishmaniasis outbreak reported in Mandera, Kenya
Pennsylvania, 6 other states, part of nationwide Salmonella outbreak, linked to small pet turtles
Vaccines
Tick-borne encephalitis vaccine: FDA accepts for Priority Review Pfizer’s application for TicoVac

Pfizer Inc. recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted for Priority Review the company’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for TicoVac™, its...

2020-2021 flu season: Flu vaccination likely to be highest ever

More U.S. adults reported receiving or planning to receive an influenza vaccination during the 2020-2021 flu season than ever before, according to findings from a national survey. The...

DNA vaccine candidate for Lassa fever: First subject dosed in Phase 1B Clinical Trial
Polio vaccination campaign starts Monday in Cuba
Research
Travel bans effective only in the first phases of the epidemic: Study

Travel bans have been key to efforts by many countries to control the spread of COVID-19. But new research aimed at providing a decision support system to Italian policy makers, recently...

Has lockdown driven tinnitus sufferers to despair?

One in six people in Australia suffer from chronic tinnitus – the debilitating and irreversible hearing ailment characterised by unceasing ringing in the ears – yet scant research...

Down syndrome: Adults with genetic disorder are more likely to die from COVID-19
Combined vaccination and physical distancing enough to prevent future COVID-19 surges: Study
Africa
Ebola in Africa prompts CDC travel notice, Travelers from DRC and Guinea ‘funneled’ to 6 US airports

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued travel notices for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Guinea due to ongoing Ebola...

Leishmaniasis outbreak reported in Mandera, Kenya
Guinea: Ebola cases rise to 9, Neighbors ramp up preparedness
Asia
Dengue fever in Vietnam and the Philippines: Among the most globally so far in 2021

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 While it is early in 2021, the two countries reporting the most dengue fever to date in southeast Asia are Vietnam and the Philippines. In Vietnam, a total...

H5N8 bird flu cases in humans: More WHO details from Russia
Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Cancer Study Act reintroduced
Outbreak News Interviews
The mental health of children in the time of pandemic

The restrictions put in place  and the resulting  social isolation from the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on children’s mental and behavioral health. Joining me today to take...

Shingles & the Shingrix vaccine with Dr. Leonard Friedland

With the nation focused on the delivery of a COVID vaccine, the CDC wants to ensure that older individuals are protected against other prevalent yet preventable diseases that can lead...

Guinea worm disease 2020 with the Carter Center’s Adam Weiss
COVID-19 sniffing dogs with Dr. Brittany Busse
US News
Ebola in Africa prompts CDC travel notice, Travelers from DRC and Guinea ‘funneled’ to 6 US airports

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued travel notices for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Guinea due to ongoing Ebola...

COVID-19 not transmitted via food: FDA statement

According to a statement last week from Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Janet Woodcock M.D., there is no credible evidence of food...

Pennsylvania, 6 other states, part of nationwide Salmonella outbreak, linked to small pet turtles
Southern California COVID-19 strain, CAL.20C, spreads across the country, around the world
Latin America and the Caribbean
El Salvador: 1st Central American country certified malaria-free

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Today, El Salvador became the first country in Central America to be awarded a certification of malaria elimination by the World Health Organization (WHO). “Malaria...

Polio vaccination campaign starts Monday in Cuba
Brazil tops 10 million COVID-19 cases, Amazonas registers 43% drop in deaths
Europe
1st human dirofilariasis case reported in Ukraine this year

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Officials in the southeastern Ukraine city of Melitopol are reporting the first human case of dirofilariasis this past January. The individual was confirmed...

Salmonella outbreak in Sweden sickens 12
Finland: Law amended to give authorities more means to prevent spread of COVID-19