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Dad goes Viral on TikTok: Daughter has Pinworms
Celebrity Cruise Norovirus Outbreak leaves over 90 passengers ill
Africa
Africa: 89 chikungunya cases reported in Pouytenga, Burkina Faso

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Health Emergency Response Operations Center (CORUS) informs that 89 cases of chikungunya have been confirmed in Pouytenga in the Center-East region of Burkina...

DRC: Haut-Katanga province reports 13 human rabies deaths in past year

NewsDesk @bactiman63 During a joint press conference last week, Haut-Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Health minister, Dr. Joseph Nsambi and Minister of Agriculture, Aerts...

Monkeypox outbreak in DRC
Cholera: Cases more than double in 2022, 44 countries reported cases
Australia
Australia: Another measles case reported in Victoria

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Victoria Department of Health reports a new case of measles has been identified in a returned overseas traveller. There have been a total of 4 cases of measles...

Australia: Rise in listeriosis cases reported in New South Wales, Health officials remind vulnerable populations

NewsDesk @bactiman63 NSW Health is reminding people who are immunocompromised, pregnant, or aged over 65 years to avoid foods that can cause listeriosis, following several confirmed...

Australia: NSW Health warns of measles after two recent travel associated cases
Kuru: A fascinating history of a devastating disease linked to cannibalism
Indian subcontinent
Bangladesh: Dengue deaths top 900, 2/3s in Dhaka

NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to data published by The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in Bangladesh, an additional 3,008 dengue fever hospitalizations were reported,...

Nipah virus in Kerala update: ‘There hasn’t been a second wave’
Nipah confirmed in 3 people in Kerala state: Minister Veena George
Asia
Vietnam reports 1st local monkeypox case in Ho Chi Minh City

NewsDesk @bactiman63 On September 26, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said that a male patient diagnosed with monkeypox (Mpox) is currently being isolated and treated at...

China reports fatal H5N6 avian influenza case in Chongqing
Taiwan: Dengue outbreak tally tops 10,000 cases
Europe
Measles global outbreak continues to spread

Measles outbreaks across Europe and Central Asia intensified in the first quarter of 2024, with incidence rates of up to hundreds of times higher than the United States. One of the worst-affected...

French drugmaker Valneva Vaccinates First Pediatric Trial Patient with “Single-Shot Chikungunya Vaccine”

Valneva SE announced this week that the first participant has been vaccinated in the Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the safety and Immunogenicity in children of two different dose...

Denmark whooping cough epidemic continues: Levels now seen ten times higher than normal
Turkey health minister on flu vaccines: ‘Please do not neglect it’
US News
Measles global outbreak continues to spread

Measles outbreaks across Europe and Central Asia intensified in the first quarter of 2024, with incidence rates of up to hundreds of times higher than the United States. One of the worst-affected...

Dad goes Viral on TikTok: Daughter has Pinworms

While many parents are unaware of the risks, one father made some noise on Tik Tok with a new video: daughter has pinworms. Justin, a dad that runs the TikTok page drumbeatlane took...

Celebrity Cruise Norovirus Outbreak leaves over 90 passengers ill
Health Dept Update: Philadelphia Measles Outbreak
Latin America and the Caribbean
Jamaica: Certain health centers extend hours in response to dengue outbreak

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the dengue outbreak in Jamaica, Director of Health Services Planning and Integration, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Dr. Nadine Williams announced...

Costa Rica: Health ministry monitors malaria cases in the southwest
Dengue outbreak declared in Jamaica
Animal diseases
Anthrax cases in beef cattle rise in North Dakota

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...

Maine: Eastern Equine Encephalitis confirmed in farm animals in Piscataquis County
Texas reports additional animal anthrax cases in 2023