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Robert Herriman

Microbiologist, podcaster and Editor at Outbreak News Today.

Second locally acquired chikungunya reported in Panama

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A resident of the capital district of Rio Abajo, Panama is the second autochthonous, or locally acquired chikungunya case reported in the Central American country, according to a Prensa Latina report...

Pig and piglet

Hong Kong man’s death due to Streptococcus suis, health officials investigate

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The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is investigating a fatal case of infection by Streptococcus suis, a kind of bacteria isolated from pigs, affecting a 57-year-old...

British nurse with Ebola, William Pooley, arrives in London for treatment

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A specially adapted Royal Air Force cargo plane picked up a British nurse who contracted the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) while treating patients in Sierra Leone today and brought him back to London...

Montgomery County West Nile virus case count increase by three, brings total to 13

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The East Texas county of Montgomery has reported an addition 3 human West Nile virus (WNV) cases on Friday, bringing the total cases to 13 in the county of roughly a half million. A report in Your Houston...

Colorado, Texas report more Vesicular Stomatitis cases

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To date, the number of Vesicular Stomatitis (VS) premises recorded in Colorado and Texas continue to mount as the number has grown to 247. The Colorado Department of Agriculture reported on their official...

Dhaka

Nine sickened with anthrax in Central Bangladesh, linked to processing sick cow

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At least nine people involved with the processing of a anthrax-tainted dead cow have been sickened with anthrax, according to the Bangladeshi news source, The Independent today. The report states the...

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Ebola confirmed by Democratic Republic of the Congo, ‘no link to West Africa outbreak’: Health Minister

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Just days after it was reported that an unidentified illness had killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Ministry of Health is saying that two samples has tested positive for...

Japan: Imported Zika virus reported in traveler to Thailand

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A Japanese man with a recent travel history to Thailand has tested positive for Zika virus, a mosquito borne disease, according to a first hand account published in ProMed Mail Saturday. The report notes  previous...

Suspected Ebola case in Montreal tests negative for lethal virus

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A patient who recently returned from West Africa and presented symptoms resembling Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Montreal has tested negative for the virus. According to a CBC report Saturday, the patient was...

Accra

Ghana cholera outbreak grows in Accra

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In a follow-up to a report last week, the cholera outbreak in Ghana has increased both in number of cases and in death toll, according to a Reuters report Friday. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) say the...