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Haiti reports African Swine Fever from province bordering Dominican Republic
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine booster authorized for select populations
Vaccines
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine booster authorized for select populations

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to...

mRNA COVID-19 vaccine: Allergic reactions rare, typically mild and treatable, according to Stanford study

Allergic reactions to the new mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are rare, typically mild and treatable, and they should not deter people from becoming vaccinated, according to research from...

Which vaccinated people at the greatest risk from severe COVID-19: UK study
Vietnam taps Cuba’s Abdala vaccine for country vax program
Research
Which vaccinated people at the greatest risk from severe COVID-19: UK study

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Researchers from the University of Oxford have today reported on findings on the vaccinated people who are at greatest risk from severe Covid-19...

MRSA: Stem cell protein shows promise as potential treatment, according to study

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A new Cornell study has found the antimicrobial properties of certain stem cell proteins could offer a potential treatment to reduce infection in...

COVID-19 infections produce antibodies that persist and reduce reinfection risk for up to six months
Acinetobacter baumannii vaccine development breakthrough: Hong Kong researchers
Africa
Rabies: Tunisia reports five deaths in 2021 to date

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Tunisia Health Ministry has reported five human rabies deaths as of mid-September this year. This is up from one case reported in 2020. The...

Yellow fever cases confirmed in Côte d’Ivoire
DR Congo reports 69 additional monkeypox cases in past month
Asia
H5N6 avian influenza case reported in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Guangdong Provincial Health Commission reported today one human case of H5N6 avian influenza in a 53-year-old man living in Dongguan City. This...

Philippines: COVID-19 death rate drops despite 3-fold increase in cases
Singapore reports rise in COVID-19 cases as they seek to live with the virus
Europe
Ireland reports 36 additional syphilis cases, 80% from Dublin

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Ireland’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) reported 36 additional syphilis cases the week ending September 18. 29 cases, or 80...

Portugal is ‘at the end of a pandemic phase’: Chief epidemiologist

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The head of the Division of Epidemiology and Statistics (DSIA) of the Directorate-General for Health (DGS), Pedro Pinto Leite, said that Portugal...

Russia: First tetanus case reported in Sverdlovsk in nearly two decades
Mad cow disease case reported on Somerset farm in England
US News
Canine Influenza H3N2 outbreak in Los Angeles County update, Hundreds of cases reported

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the canine influenza virus H3N2 (CIV H3N2) outbreak in Los Angeles County, officials report a total of 279 confirmed cases and...

Wisconsin: Fort McCoy has reported 7 measles cases in Afghan evacuees

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that they have been notified of 16 confirmed measles cases among...

Los Angeles: Health officials say Emmys were compliant, Indoor mega events requirements
New Jersey reports West Nile virus death in Camden County man
Latin America and the Caribbean
Costa Rica: COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths remain on the rise

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Costa Rica Ministry of Health reported 211 COVID-19-related deaths the week ending September 18, a 12.8 percent increase from the week before...

Chile: Psittacosis cases up in Puerto Octay, Los Lagos
Haiti reports African Swine Fever from province bordering Dominican Republic
Outbreak News Interviews
Naegleria fowleri & the host immune response

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Naegleria fowleri is a microscopic amoeba which is a single-celled living organism. It can cause a rare and devastating infection of the brain...

Lewy Body Dementia with Dr. James Galvin
Brain aneurysm awareness month with Olivia Hoblit