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Ukraine reports 16 salmonella outbreaks so far this year

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Ukraine health officials reported recently that during the first eight months of 2020, the country has seen 16 salmonella outbreaks, including four in Zaporizhia oblast,...

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Lyme Disease: University of Idaho leads research team studying movement of tick-borne disease

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University of Idaho researchers are leading a nearly $6 million National Science Foundation (NSF) cooperative agreement, using large and complex data sets to improve prediction and response measures for...

Canada: Public Health Advisory issued, Increase in Gonorrhea cases in Nunavut

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Nunavut communities, especially those in the Kitikmeot, have seen an increase in cases of Gonorrhea. Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that is passed through sexual contact. You can...

New Jersey reports first two West Nile virus cases of year

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The New Jersey Department of Health has reported the first two human cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) of 2020. The first case was found in a male in his 40s from Essex...

Chagas disease: Risk of developing cardiac disease doubles for asymptomatic infections

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People living with Chagas disease without symptoms or signs of cardiac injury are at high risk of developing cardiomyopathy, a progressive heart disease, and the risk more than doubled among patients with...

African sleeping sickness: Togo eliminates as public health problem

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) announced last week that the West African nation of Togo has eliminated human African trypanosomiasis or “sleeping sickness”...

Antiviral used to treat cat coronavirus also works against SARS-CoV-2

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Researchers at the University of Alberta are preparing to launch clinical trials of a drug used to cure a deadly disease caused by a coronavirus in cats that they expect will also be effective as a treatment...

Rhode Island: White-tailed deer is first EEE positive mammal of 2020

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The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) Saturday confirmed this year’s first positive detection of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)...

Ecuador: COVID-19 cases top 112K, 105-year-old Loja woman recovers

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The National Institute for Public Health Research (INSPI) in Ecuador is now reporting 112,906 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the first case was confirmed in the country...

COVID-19 in the Philippines: 3,637 new confirmed cases, 553-bed quarantine facility in Laguna

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Philippines Department of Health reported an additional 3,637 new confirmed COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the outbreak total to 213,131. Of the 3,637 new cases,...