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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...

California: Shigella outbreak investigated, Likely linked to Los Angeles hotel

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 State and local health officials in California report investigating an outbreak of shigellosis likely associated with a union delegate conference held at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel...

Texas reports additional animal anthrax cases in 2023

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Texas animal health officials have reported additional cases of animal anthrax in the state over the past month: Anthrax Confirmed in an Edwards County Spanish Goat Texas Animal...

South Dakota report 1st anthrax cases of 2023 in a Ziebach county beef herd

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a news release from South Dakota State Veterinarian, Beth Thompson, JD, DVM, it is reported that anthrax has been confirmed in South Dakota for the first time this year in a beef...

Arkansas: Naegleria fowleri death reported, Linked to a Little Rock splash pad

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) reports a resident has died from Naegleria fowleri infection, a rare infection that destroys brain tissue, causing brain swelling and in most...

NIH: Universal Flu Vaccine, FluMos-v2, designed to target 6 flu strains begins clinical trials

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Enrollment in a Phase 1 trial of a new investigational universal influenza vaccine candidate has begun at the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland....

Illinois: Salmonella outbreak linked to Chicago establishment sickens 20

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) and Illinois Department of Public Health are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella, a bacteria that is a common cause of foodborne...

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,...