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Flu outbreak in Norway underway

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 So far this season there has been an unusually low level of influenza in Norway, but from week 10 the increase has been marked, says doctor Trine Hessevik Paulsen at FHI. In week...

DRC reports 700 monkeypox cases in 2022 to date

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a total of 75 cases and 2 deaths due to monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) the last week of February. During the...

Yellow fever outbreak declared in Uganda

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH) declared a yellow fever outbreak. On 6 March 2022, the MOH reported four cases of yellow fever (YF) confirmed by plaque reduction neutralization...

Jergens Ultra Healing Moisturizer recalled due to presence of Pluralibacter gergoviae

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Kao USA Inc. is asking consumers to check their Jergens® Ultra Healing Moisturizer 3 oz and 10 oz products to determine if it is part of a voluntary recall of the product. Select...

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza detected in Massachusetts, Wyoming, North Carolina, Ohio and North Dakota

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in...

Clemson SC: Thirteen people potentially exposed to rabies from rabid calf

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed that a calf raised near Highway 28 South in Clemson, S.C., has tested positive for rabies. The...

Arkansas reports increase in syphilis; Testing, prevention, and treatment encouraged

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Arkansas state health officials report every region in Arkansas is seeing an increase in the number of syphilis cases, especially among women. From 2017 to 2021 there was a 164% increase...

H5N1 avian influenza reported in Ontario, Canada poultry flocks

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Earlier this week, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has advised the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) of the confirmed presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza...

Kenya: Yellow fever and chikungunya outbreaks

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Yellow fever According to the International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the current outbreak was first reported in January 2022. Its confirmation took...

Timor-Leste dengue outbreak: 3700 cases, 44 deaths through 1st three months

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The government of Timor-Leste has recorded more than 1,000 dengue fever cases in each of the first three months of 2022, reporting a total of 3,713 cases through March 29. This compares...