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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

5 min read

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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

3 min read

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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

2 min read

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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

4 min read

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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

7 min read

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

3 min read

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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

2 min read

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Europe on alert as UK investigates mysterious cases of severe hepatitis in young children

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the EU’s health agency have issued warnings to other countries to be on the alert following a mysterious spike in cases of severe liver disease in children in the UK. The UK’s...

18 April, 2022

3 min read

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Why US-Universities Battle Meningitis Outbreaks

The CDC issued a health warning on April 9, 2022 about an outbreak of meningococcal disease in Florida. Multiple meningococcal disease cases in college students had been reported in the state of Florida over the last...

18 April, 2022

4 min read

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Pertussis outbreak in indigenous population in Colombia

A Bordetella pertussis outbreak has been reported by the National Institute of Health (INS) of Colombia in the Kogui community, an indigenous group living in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains in Northern...

23 March, 2022

3 min read