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India: Four people sickened with anthrax after eating an infected goat

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Four people from Koraput district, Odisha, India have been hospitalized and treated for anthrax infections after allegedly consuming a sick goat, according to a Times of India report. “Patients...

Peru reports two imported chikungunya cases, health officials say the pair are recovering

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Peru health officials yesterday reported two travel-associated chikungunya cases in individuals who recently traveled to the Caribbean, according to a Peru This Week report. Health authorities said today...

Sivextro gets FDA approval, second MRSA antibiotic approved in a month

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New antimicrobials for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI) caused by such microorganisms as Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant strains (MRSA)...

Suspected monkeypox reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Two people died from a disease that has the same symptoms as  monkeypox; 12 cases recorded in two weeks, in the locality of Bangangala in territory Bomongo (Equatuer), Democratic Republic of the Congo(DRC), according...

USDA to investigate CDC anthrax breach as number exposed rises, not the first ‘laboratory accident’

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In a follow-up to the Thursday story of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staffers potentially exposed to the dangerous bacterium, Bacillus anthracis, the federal health agency will cede...

CDC: 75 employees potentially exposed to anthrax

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The Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) announced today that approximately 75 Atlanta-based staff are being monitored or provided antibiotics because they may have been unintentionally exposed to...

IDSA issues updated Guidelines for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections due to MRSA increases

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The number of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) has skyrocketed due to the spread of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). But many SSTIs – even those caused by the superbug MRSA –...

Travel-associated chikungunya reported in Georgia

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The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH), today, confirmed the state’s first human case of chikungunya this year. The patient was infected during a recent trip to a Caribbean nation. Chikungunya...

Iraq plans mass vaccination campaign

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18 June 2014, Erbil, Iraq – Joint efforts by WHO and UNICEF have resulted in the Kurdistan health authorities agreeing on urgent measures to prevent the spread of polio and other diseases among children...

Sudan reports dengue fever outbreak in Red Sea State

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 An outbreak of dengue fever has been reported in Red Sea State, Sudan. As of 17 June 2014, a total of 738 cases with six deaths have been reported. On 16 and 17 June, 57 new suspected dengue fever cases...