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Sweden: Booster COVID-19 vaccine likely offered to general population in 2022

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Swedish Public Health Agency announced today a larger proportion of the population will probably be offered a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine. However, the extent is currently...

FDA approval sought for MMR vaccine, PRIORIX: Would be second source of MMR vaccine in US

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced Monday it has submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for PRIORIX (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella...

New York: Anaplasmosis cases up in Sullivan County

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Health officials in Sullivan County, in the southern part of New York State bordering Pennsylvania, are reporting an increase in the tick-borne disease, anaplasmosis. “While Lyme...

Georgia resident dies from rare Eastern Equine Encephalitis infection

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the Georgia Department of Health are reporting an adult resident of Liberty County, Georgia has died after contracting Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). This...

Nigeria cholera outbreak: Vaccination campaign in Bauchi

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In an update on the cholera outbreak in Nigeria, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) now reports a total of 27,186 suspected cases including 653 deaths...

Costa Rica reports significant drop in dengue

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Costa Rica Ministry of Health has reported a 280 percent drop in dengue fever cases during the first half of the year. Since the beginning of 2021, health authorities...

Philippines Undersecretary Vergeire: ‘We agree Delta variant is highly transmissible’; 21 million vaccinated

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on a recent report where the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the Delta variant (B1617.2) is as contagious as chickenpox, the Philippines Department...

Finland reports 1/3rd of population have received both COVID-19 vaccine doses

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Two thirds of the Finnish population, or about 66 per cent, have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This means that a total of about 3.7 million people have received...

Argentina reports first local Delta variant cases in Buenos Aires

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Argentina Ministry of Health reports that health authorities of the City of Buenos Aires reported two confirmed cases of Delta variant with no known epidemiological link with...

Influenza vaccine: FluGen demonstrates vaccine-induced protection against a highly drifted H3N2 influenza virus in a human challenge study

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Clinical-stage vaccine company, FluGen today announced the publication of results from its Phase 2 human challenge study of Bris2007 M2SR, the Company’s investigational, supra-seasonal,...