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Parechovirus (PeV) is currently circulating in the United States: CDC

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory was issued today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) due to the circulation of parechovirus (PeV) in the United States. Since...

Measles in the Americas: Confirmed cases in Brazil and the US

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Two countries in the Americas have reported confirmed measles cases so far in 2021–Brazil and the United States, according to the Pan American Health Organization...

RSV activity up in the US south

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health advisory last week due to an increase in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity across parts...

Measles in the Americas: The US and Brazil account for the most cases to date

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Of the nearly 3,000 measles cases reported in the western hemisphere in 2019 to date, three-quarters of the cases were reported from the United States and Brazil...

Measles in the United States 2018: 2nd most cases since 2000

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2018 was a bad year for measles in the United States according to preliminary data from federal health officials. In 2018, 349 individual cases of measles were confirmed in 26 states and the District...

Chikungunya in the US: No locally transmitted cases in 2018

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Since the first appearance of local transmission of chikungunya virus in the Caribbean in late December 2013, US health officials have been on continuous watch for the mosquito borne viral infection. In...

Hepatitis C in the US: 2.4 million Americans living with it

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Nearly 2.4 million Americans – 1 percent of the adult population – were living with hepatitis C from 2013 through 2016, according to new CDC estimates published today in the journal Hepatology. Medications...

PAHO urge vaccinations in the face of ongoing measles outbreaks

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The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is urging countries to vaccinate against measles to maintain its elimination in the Americas. Measles was declared eliminated...

Measles in the Americas through mid-September

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From the beginning of the year through mid-September, 167 confirmed measles cases have been reported from three countries. In the United States, 119 people from 15 states (California, Florida, Kansas,...

Cyclospora in the US and Canada

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The following is an update on the cyclosporiasis situations in the United States and Canada: In the US, CDC has been notified of 570 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in persons who became...