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Bangladesh: Dengue deaths top 900, 2/3s in Dhaka

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to data published by The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in Bangladesh, an additional 3,008 dengue fever hospitalizations were reported, bringing the cumulative...

Dengue outbreak declared in Jamaica

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health & Wellness has declared an outbreak of Dengue for Jamaica. The outbreak comes as the Ministry’s National Surveillance Unit advised that Jamaica has surpassed...

Dengue fever: Italy locally transmitted cases rise to 27

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to Italian Health authorities, there are 27 confirmed cases of Dengue transmitted locally in Italy aeen reported nd notified as of 18 September 2023. These cases refer...

Cholera: Cases more than double in 2022, 44 countries reported cases

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) reported Friday that the number of cholera cases in 2022 more than doubled compared to the number seen in 2021. According to the data, 472,697...

Bolivia: 14 hantavirus cases confirmed this year

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Hantavirus has already caused 14 infections this year in four departments, according to data from the Ministry of Health . “In the 2023 administration there are 14 positive cases...

Montana reports a variant H1N1 (H1N2v) infection, 3rd human ‘swine flu’ case of 2023

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Montana state health officials reported on a human infection with a novel influenza A virus. The patient was infected with an influenza A(H1N2) variant (A(H1N2)v) virus. The patient...

Diphtheria outbreaks prompt travel warnings for Nigeria, Guinea and Vietnam

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued or updated travel notices for three countries in Africa and Asia experiencing outbreaks of diphtheria. In Nigeria, seven...

Philippines: Leptospirosis cases up 70 percent in 2023, Nearly nine out of 10 cases in males

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Philippines Department of Health (DOH reports a total of 3,728 cases of leptospirosis nationwide through September 2, a 70 percent increase compared to the same time in 2022. Of...

Dengue in Florida: 4 additional local cases reported in Miami-Dade County

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Florida state health officials reported four additional locally transmitted dengue fever cases in the past week in Miami-Dade County. This brings the total to 18 in the county and...

Nipah virus in Kerala update: ‘There hasn’t been a second wave’

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In an update today from the Kerala Health Services, Kerala has so far confirmed a total of six cases of Nipah infection since the latest outbreak in the Kozhikode district. Two individuals...