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Buruli ulcer increases in 2022: Victoria Health issues advisory

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Victoria Department of Health in southern Australia in a health advisory earlier this month is reporting cases  of Buruli ulcer are increasing. There have been  266 cases notified...

Australia: 3 new measles cases reported in Victoria

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Victoria Department of Health reported three new measles cases have been identified in Victoria in returned overseas travelers. Two of these related cases were infectious...

Q fever increase reported in Wide Bay, Queensland

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Wide Bay residents who work with animals are being urged to get vaccinated against a bacterial disease that has been identified across the region. There has been increase in confirmed...

Australia: Measles case reported in NSW, 1st case in state in 2 1/2 years

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 An individual in their in their 50s is the first confirmed measles case in New South Wales (NSW) since February 2020, according the health officials. The patient acquired their infection...

New South Wales: Two cases of meningococcal disease in people who attended the 2022 Splendour in the Grass festival

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 NSW Health reports two cases of meningococcal disease in people who attended the 2022 Splendour in the Grass festival at the North Byron Parklands in Yelgun. One of these cases was...

Hendra virus detected in Queensland horse, 1st case in 5 years

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Queensland government reported Saturday the states first Hendra virus case in five years (2017) in a city of Mackay horse. Biosecurity Queensland Chief Veterinary Officer Dr...

NSW diphtheria

Australia: Two diphtheria cases reported in New South Wales, 1st cases since the 1990s

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The North Coast Public Health Unit in northern New South Wales (NSW) has reported two cases of the vaccine-preventable disease, diphtheria in two children. The first case is in a...

Australia: Measles case identified in a Melbourne resident

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 NSW Health is urging NSW residents to ensure they are fully protected against measles, following identification of a case from Victoria who visited the border region while unknowingly...

Australia: New South Wales reports 2nd Japanese encephalitis death

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A second fatality due to Japanese encephalitis (JE) has been reported in New South Wales, according to NSW Health this week. The case was a man in his 60s from the Corowa area, who...

Australia reports two monkeypox cases- One in Victoria and one in New South Wales

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Australia Department of Health (DOH) the National Incident Centre has been activated to support the national response after Victoria and New South Wales both confirmed a monkeypox...