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Oregon reports confirmed Enterovirus D68, EV-D68 detected in 5 patients that died: CDC

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The number of states reporting at least confirmed case of Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) has increased to 46 and the District of Columbia as Oregon is the latest to see a confirmed case. As of today, 678 people...

CDC: Official number of acute paralysis cases at 17, dozens of others being investigated

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In a follow-up to a report about a number of cases of unexplained paralysis from Colorado, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an update to the national investigation of acute neurologic...

Ebola death: Dallas mayor, Texas health commissioner offer condolences, Duncan to be cremated, 2nd Ebola patient?

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Following the passing of the first person in the United States from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), Liberian traveler, Thomas Eric Duncan today, both Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and Texas Health Commissioner...

JFK, O’Hare and 3 other airports to begin enhanced Ebola screening

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs & Border Protection (CBP) this week will begin new layers of entry screening at five U.S....

Polk County: First EV-D68 case in Florida recovering, call on public to be vigilant against respiratory infections

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The first patient with a confirmed case of Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) in the Sunshine State is recovering in Polk County, according to the Florida Department of Health (FLDOH). Health officials advise people...

Enterovirus D68 confirmed in Tennessee, 90% of states now have at least one case

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Tennessee is the latest US state to have a confirmed case of Enterovirus D68, according to an update by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today. Two cases were confirmed by the CDC,...

The 1st Ebola death on US soil: Thomas Eric Duncan

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The Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, TX announced a couple of hours ago that the 1st diagnosed Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the United States has died. According to a statement from the hospital: It...

Ebola Virus Disease

Ashoka Mukpo receives Brincidofovir at Nebraska, NIH releases exposed patient

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Ashoka Mukpo, the NBC News freelance cameraman, who was on assignment with Dr. Nancy Snyderman in Liberia, is now being treated with the experimental antiviral drug, Brincidofovir, at the Nebraska Medical...

West Nile virus outbreak rises by 60 in California

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The number of additional human West Nile virus (WNV) cases increased by 60 during the past week in California, bringing the state’s total to a nation-leading 488, according to the California Department...

Florida becomes the 44th state with confirmed Enterovirus D68

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Only Tennessee, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, Alaska and Hawaii are the only states without a confirmed case of the respiratory virus, Enterovirus D68, after Florida became the 44th state to record a case. The...