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Henipavirus Outbreak in China

Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a newly identified Henipavirus, named Langya (LayV), infected farmers and other residents, who believe it may have spread directly or indirectly from shrews – small mole...

16 August, 2022

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New York detects vaccine-derived polio case

Health officials in New York announced a vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 case, which involves a person in Rockland County, prompting a vaccination push for the unimmunized and those who aren’t fully protected...

22 July, 2022

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Ghana declares first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease

Ghana has announced the country’s first outbreak of Marburg virus disease. The Institute Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal, received samples from two patients from the southern Ashanti region of Ghana – both deceased and...

22 July, 2022

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Vaccine-derived poliovirus Type 2 in London’s environmental samples

The UK Heath Security Agency (UKHSA) has found poliovirus in sewage samples collected from the London Beckton Sewage Treatment Works. As part of routine surveillance, these detections occurred when an individual...

14 July, 2022

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Confirmed monkeypox case in North America

Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are collaborating with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to investigate a case of monkeypox in a Massachusetts resident who had recently...

23 May, 2022

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Smallpox vaccine, IMVANEX, to be supplied to unknown European country in response to monkeypox

Bavarian Nordic A/S announced Thursday that the Company has secured a contract with an undisclosed European country to supply its IMVANEX® smallpox vaccine in response to new cases of monkeypox evolving during May 2022...

23 May, 2022

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Vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on the rise in Africa

Brazzaville – Africa is witnessing a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases over the past year. Almost 17,500 cases of measles were recorded in the African region between January and March 2022, marking a...

29 April, 2022

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Multi-Country – Acute, severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children

Outbreak at a glance: Since the WHO Disease Outbreak News on Acute hepatitis of unknown etiology – the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was published on 15 April 2022, there have been continuing...

25 April, 2022

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Cholera and measles kill hundreds, while polio reappears in Congo

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New Ebola outbreak declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The health authorities of the African nation declared a new outbreak of Ebola after a case was confirmed in Mbandaka, a city in the north-western Equateur Province, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on...

25 April, 2022

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Experts warn of possible XE subvariant outbreak in Japan

Public health experts have warned of a possible outbreak of the XE subvariant of the omicron coronavirus variant in Japan, where signs of a potential seventh COVID-19 wave are emerging. The health ministry said Monday...

18 April, 2022

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