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Puerto Rico: Penicillium detected in dialysis fluid

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The first clinical case of disease produced by the Penicillium fungus ( no species specified) in the country was detected after noting color changes in the dialysis effluent of a child patient, affected...

African Swine Fever: USDA issues federal order establishing protection zones in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is issuing a Federal Order suspending the interstate movement of...

CDC updates rabies travel advisory for Haiti

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their travel notice for Haiti due to rabies. Federal health officials say annual dog vaccination campaigns...

COVID-19

Jamaica reports dozens of COVID-19 Mu Variant cases

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Jamaica officials have reported dozens of confirmed cases of the Mu variant of COVID-19 on the island. This comes a few days after the the Ministry of Health and Wellness...

Brazil: Espírito Santo man dies from spotted fever infection

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By NewsDesk @bactiman63 A 25-year-old São Mateus, Espírito Santo man who was confirmed to have spotted fever has died, according to the Municipal Health Department. According to officials, the young...

Paraguay reports more cases of the Delta variant, still COVID-19 on the decline

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Paraguay Health Ministry reports there are 58 new confirmed cases of Delta, bringing a total of 141 cases. Of the new confirmed, eight are with a complete vaccination...

Chile continues to report decrease in COVID-19 cases

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Chile Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, reported today that there were 449 new cases of COVID-19. This out of  56,394 tests performed in the last 24 hours. At the national...

St. Vincent and the Grenadines reports 5 Mu variants, Jamaica watches closely

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews According to a release earlier this week, the Ministry of Health and Wellness in St Vincent and the Grenadines reports, “on review of sequencing results for samples...

Argentina: Nearly 40% of population are fully vaccinated

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Argentina Ministry of Health reported today 38.1 percent of the country’s population completed their vaccination schedule against the COVID-19 disease. Officials...

Mad cow disease reported in two Brazil states

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Brazilian Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Surveillance System detected two cases of atypical BSE, type H in two beef cows in meat plants in two different states–Minas...