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Poliovirus found in sewage near vaccine manufacturing facility in the Netherlands

September 4, 2020October 1, 2024 Autumn Gertz

Image courtesy of Darren Hester via Flickr On September 2nd Danish news outlets reported on health ministry inspectors investigating the source of Poliovirus detected in

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Zoonotic Disease on Mink Farms

August 24, 2020October 1, 2024 Autumn Gertz

Image courtesy of Gillian Floyd on Flickr After reporting alarmingly high mortality rates among minks, five live mink from two different Utah mink farms have

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First Acute Rubella Case in Ireland in Over a Decade

March 3, 2020October 1, 2024 Autumn Gertz

Image courtesy of Marco Verch via Flickr Creative Commons On February 21, the initial report of an acute Rubella case in Ireland was released [1].

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Avian Flu Outbreak among Poultry in China

February 19, 2020October 1, 2024 Autumn Gertz

Image courtesy of Alder Swamp via Flickr Creative Commons Among focus on the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak originating in the city of Wuhan, Hubei

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Provincial Outbreak of Syphilis in Nova Scotia

February 4, 2020October 1, 2024 Autumn Gertz

Image courtesy of CDC Public Health Image Library On Monday, January 20th, the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) declared a province-wide outbreak of syphilis in

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Locally-Acquired Zika in France

December 12, 2019October 1, 2024 Autumn Gertz

Image courtesy of Dean Calma via Flickr Creative Commons Current Situation On October 22, 2019, a second case of locally-acquired Zika virus was reported in

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Plague Cases in China

December 3, 2019October 1, 2024 Autumn Gertz

Image courtesy of James Gathany via CDC Public Health Image Library On November 18, three cases of the plague, two pneumonic and one bubonic, were

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Ebola: New Developments

November 13, 2019October 1, 2024 Autumn Gertz

Image courtesy of United Nations via Flickr Creative Commons The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) began in 2018 and

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First Local Polio Case in Zambia since 1995

October 29, 2019October 1, 2024 Autumn Gertz

Image courtesy of UNICEF Guinea Current Situation On October 21, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Health Agency, and Zambian Health Minister Dr.

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Bacterial Meningitis Case in DC Elementary School

October 17, 2019October 1, 2024 Autumn Gertz

Image courtesy of Pasco Schools via Creative Commons On October 4, 2019, a pediatric case of bacterial meningitis was confirmed at Burrville Elementary School in

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