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Vietnam reports 1st local monkeypox case in Ho Chi Minh City

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 On September 26, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said that a male patient diagnosed with monkeypox (Mpox) is currently being isolated and treated at the Ho Chi Minh City...

Denmark whooping cough epidemic continues: Levels now seen ten times higher than normal

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the whooping cough, or pertussis outbreak in Denmark, the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) reports during the spring and summer, the weekly number of detected cases...

Cocrystal Doses First Patient in Norovirus Trial

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Cocrystal Pharma announced the of the first subjects in a Phase 1 clinical trial with its oral, first-in-class pan-norovirus and pan-coronavirus 3CL protease inhibitor CDI-988.  This...

China reports fatal H5N6 avian influenza case in Chongqing

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 An additional human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) has been reported in China, according to a Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) report. The case involves a 68-year-old...

Australia: Another measles case reported in Victoria

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Victoria Department of Health reports a new case of measles has been identified in a returned overseas traveller. There have been a total of 4 cases of measles identified in Victoria...

Jamaica: Certain health centers extend hours in response to dengue outbreak

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the dengue outbreak in Jamaica, Director of Health Services Planning and Integration, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Nadine Williams announced today that all...

Lyme disease: mRNA vaccine developed that provides protection against Borrelia burgdorferi in pre-clinical research

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 An experimental mRNA vaccine provides protection in preclinical animal models against infection from Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, according to new...

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Colorado reports 2nd human plague case of 2023

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Health officials with San Juan Basin Public Health (SJBPH) and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) report investigating a confirmed case of human plague...

Taiwan: Dengue outbreak tally tops 10,000 cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported  2,017 new local cases of dengue fever in the country last week (September 19 to September 25 this year). The...

Costa Rica: Health ministry monitors malaria cases in the southwest

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Costa Rican health ministry carried out field interventions this past weekend to contain the malaria outbreak in the Bahía Ballena district in Osa, after the detection of eight...