BREAKING
Spain: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever case confirmed in Salamanca province
Sweden salmonella outbreak over, Linked to chocolate wafers
Vaccines
Researchers say 25% of American infants not getting common childhood vaccinations

More than a quarter of American infants in 2018 had not received common childhood vaccines that protect them from illnesses such as polio, tetanus, measles, mumps and chicken pox, new...

Connecticut governor signs ‘An Act Concerning Immunizations’ removing vaccine exemptions

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On Wednesday, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont  signed into law legislation that updates Connecticut’s immunization requirements for students...

Finland waits for EMA decision on Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine
CDC: mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Reduce COVID-19-Related Hospitalizations Among Older Adults
Research
Toilet flushing and microbe-containing aerosols: A study

Flushing a toilet can generate large quantities of microbe-containing aerosols depending on the design, water pressure or flushing power of the toilet. A variety of pathogens are usually...

Lyme disease: Study shows ticks carrying disease found to be abundant in beach areas

Bay Area Lyme Foundation today announced results of a study demonstrating that adult Western black-legged ticks (Ixodes pacificus) carrying Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that...

Group B strep infection survivors face greater risk of neurodevelopmental impairments and underlines need for follow-up care
Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease: Singapore researchers discover protein that causes neurological complications
Africa
Nigeria reports 50 Lassa fever deaths in 2021, Results from LASCOPE study

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported six additional confirmed Lassa fever cases last week, bringing the country total to 247...

No local malaria transmission in Cabo Verde for 3 years
Kenya: Mombasa on alert over dengue fever
Asia
Singapore: High mosquito population, less common dengue serotypes increase surge risk

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment, Mr. Desmond Tan, urged members of the public to stay vigilant and continue their...

Philippines congressman pushes for speeding up Ivermectin trials
Philippines: Dengue warning in General Santos City
Europe
Germany reports reduction in avian influenza cases

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the avian influenza outbreak situation in Germany, the Friedrich-Loeffler Institute (FLI) reports around 1,200 HPAIV H5 cases in wild birds...

Spain: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever case confirmed in Salamanca province

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Junta de Castilla y León, through the General Directorate of Public Health and its Epidemiology Service, has confirmed a case of Crimean-Congo...

Sweden salmonella outbreak over, Linked to chocolate wafers
Sweden: Officials decide to recommend a continued break for Janssen’s vaccine
US News
Porcupine quills seized at Dulles Airport, potential monkeypox risk

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews 100 porcupine quills, which may pose an animal and human virus threat, were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists...

Connecticut governor signs ‘An Act Concerning Immunizations’ removing vaccine exemptions

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On Wednesday, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont  signed into law legislation that updates Connecticut’s immunization requirements for students...

Florida reports two additional Eastern Equine Encephalitis cases in horses
Second measles case confirmed in Connecticut
Latin America and the Caribbean
Oropouche fever confirmed in the city of Teresina, Brazil

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews According to a cidadeverde.com report, The Municipal Health Foundation (FMS) confirmed the first case of Oropouche fever in the city of Teresina...

Brazil: Paraná reports increase in chikungunya cases
Rabies in dogs is increasing in Haiti, CDC issues travel notice
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
Guinea worm disease 2020 with the Carter Center’s Adam Weiss