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Diphtheria outbreak in the Dominican Republic prompts CDC travel notice

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice last week for the Dominican Republic due to a diphtheria outbreak. We reported last month...

Panama reports increase in malaria

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The head of Epidemiology with the Panama Ministry of Health, Leonardo Labrador, reports that cases of malaria in the country are increased during the beginning of...

Brazil: Nearly 30 percent of target population vaccinated with the first dose against COVID-19

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews According to the Brazil Ministry of Health, the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine has already reached 29.8% of the eligible population in Brazil. There are 47.6...

Brazil battles malaria in Yanomami indigenous people

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Strategic actions to combat the malaria-transmitting mosquito are being intensified in the Yanomami Special Indigenous Sanitary District (DSEI). The district drew...

Brazil: Histoplasma is a major cause of death in people with HIV

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A series of autopsies performed in an infectious disease hospital in the Brazilian Amazon reveals that infections by the Histoplasma fungus are a major cause of death...

Argentina reports 1st human rabies case since 2008

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Ministry of Health of the Province of Buenos Aires together with the Ministry of Health of the Nation of Argentina recently reported a confirmed case of human...

Chile reports pulmonary aspergillosis cases associated with COVID-19

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Chilean officials report five cases of pulmonary aspergillosis, an infection associated with the coronavirus that would affect patients who were connected to mechanical...

Brazil records more than 25K chikungunya cases through early May

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews From the beginning of the year through May 8, Brazilian health officials have recorded 25,807 total chikungunya cases. These numbers correspond a decrease of 22.6%...

Latin America’s ‘tragic milestone’: COVID-19 deaths top 1 million

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announced Friday that more than one million people in Latin America and the Caribbean have died from COVID-19, reaching...

Brazil: Chikungunya cases up in Pernambuco state

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in the state of Pernambuco in northeast Brazil is reporting a 147 percent increase in chikungunya cases so far in 2021. The state confirmed 473 infections...