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Brazil P.1 COVID-19 variant cases reported in the UK

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Public Health England (PHE) reports identifying up to 6 cases of the Variant of Concern first identified in Manaus, Brazil (P.1) have been detected in the UK. Officials say...

Brazil: Acre state dengue fever cases top 1600 in first 2 months of 2021

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In the first 54 days of 2021 alone, Acre registered 1,683 cases of dengue, according to the Department of Health Surveillance of the State Department of Health (Sesacre). Another...

FDA issues Emergency Use Authorization for the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine, the 3rd to date

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On Saturday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the third vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory...

Auckland goes into another lockdown after COVID-19 case reported

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 For the second time in two weeks, Auckland, New Zealand (pop. 1.7 million) will go into lockdown mode after a case of COVID-19, according to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. The...

Dengue fever in Vietnam and the Philippines: Among the most globally so far in 2021

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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 of 11,659 cases of...

Ebola in Africa prompts CDC travel notice, Travelers from DRC and Guinea ‘funneled’ to 6 US airports

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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 Virus Disease (EVD)...

COVID-19 not transmitted via food: FDA statement

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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 or food packaging...

Leishmaniasis outbreak reported in Mandera, Kenya

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 According to a Daily Nation report, at least 19 cases of the parasitic disease visceral leishmaniasis, or kala-azar have been reported in Mandera in northeastern Kenya. Mandera...

Pennsylvania, 6 other states, part of nationwide Salmonella outbreak, linked to small pet turtles

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 CDC and public health officials in several states are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections linked to small turtles. As of February 20, 2021,...

H5N8 bird flu cases in humans: More WHO details from Russia

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the report of seven human avian influenza A (H5N8) cases in Russia, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a release on the first reported detection...