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Michigan reports 1st case of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in a horse this year

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is reporting Michigan s first cases of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) and West Nile virus (WNV) in domestic...

Washington: H5N1 avian influenza confirmed in 3 seals in Puget Sound

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories has confirmed that three adult harbor seals in Puget Sound have tested positive for the Highly Pathogenic...

Vibrio vulnificus death reported in Galveston County, Texas

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Galveston County Health District regrets to inform residents of a death due to Vibrio vulnificus (V. vulnificus.). Vibrio is a bacterium that naturally lives in coastal waters,...

Rumors of Ebola outbreak at Burning Man are false

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Experts from the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC) advise that rumors circulating on social media of an Ebola outbreak at the Burning Man Music Festival in Black...

Dengue in Florida: 3 additional locally acquired cases reported

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Florida Department of Health (DOH) reported three additional locally acquired dengue fever cases  in the past week in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. This brings the total...

Virginia reports statewide outbreak of meningococcal disease: Most in the Eastern region

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Virginia state health officials report a statewide outbreak of meningococcal disease. Twenty-seven cases of meningococcal disease, caused by the bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis type...

Meningococcal B vaccine may prevent gonorrhea: Oregon study

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A vaccine that prevents meningococcal B infection may also be protective against the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea, according to an Oregon Health Authority (OHA) study published...

Campylobacter jejuni and antibiotic resistance: A Michigan State University study

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Working with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Michigan State University researchers have shown that antibiotic resistance genes are prevalent in the bacterium...

Texas reports 2nd confirmed measles case

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is reporting a confirmed case of measles in a resident of McCulloch County. The last confirmed measles case in Texas was in June...

Texas: Naegleria fowleri death reported in Travis County resident

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Austin Public Health is reporting the death of a Travis County resident after developing an illness caused by an amebic meningitis infection. The resident became ill after swimming...