NewsDesk @bactiman63 Specialty vaccine company, Valneva, announced the signing of a new $32 million contract with the United States (U.S.) Department of Defense (DoD) for the supply of its...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 An antibiotic that has shown effectiveness for bacterial pneumonia also appears successful in fighting methicillin-resistant staph infections, reports a team led by Duke Health. The...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 New Hampshire state health officials have reported the first human Jamestown Canyon Virus (JCV) case of the year in an adult from Hillsborough County. JCV is transmitted by the bite...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Florida state health officials reported eight additional locally acquired dengue fever cases in Miami-Dade County in the past week, bringing the county total to 26 this year. Statewide,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on animal anthrax cases in North Dakota, the state’s Department of Agriculture reports there are now 16 premises affected by anthrax in southwest North Dakota;...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Animal Health officials with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) are working closely with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine...

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...

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...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Idaho health officials report: An adult male with confirmed measles has been reported in southwest Idaho. He was unvaccinated and was exposed during recent international travel. He...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The County of Sonoma Department of Health Services has issued a Health Advisory concerning multiple reports of participants in a Tough Mudder race at Sonoma Raceway on Aug. 19 and...