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Den europæiske komité til verifikation af elimination af mæslinger og røde hunde (RVC) har vurderet, at Danmark nu opfylder kriterierne for at have elimineret røde hunde (rubella).

Statens Serum Institut, Aarhus Universitet og SEGES går sammen om at udvikle en vaccine, som kan redde tusinder af grise fra tidlig død, sænke forbruget af antibiotika drastisk og spare miljøet for udledning af zink. Det nye projekt er støttet af Miljø- og Fødevareministeriets grønne udviklings- og demonstrationsprogram GUDP.

Hvor mange danskere har foreløbig været smittet med COVID-19? Dette spørgsmål skal en undersøgelse, der sættes i gang i næste uge besvare. 18.000 tilfældigt udtrukne danskere vil blive inviteret til at deltage.

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Anthrax -- KyrgyzstanA quarantine was declared in the village of Toguz-Bulak, Kara-Suu district of Osh region over anthrax, rural municipality governor Kurbanbek Miyashev said. The village is locked down from 4-18 Aug 2020, he said.Turmush reported suspected anthrax cases in the village. Eight people were taken to the hospital. The villagers slaughtered a cow infected with anthrax and divided meat between 288 people. Testing of the soil where the cow was slaughtered gave a positive result for anthrax. The…

Chicken Pox -- CanadaCHEO [Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario] and Ottawa Public Health have declared a chickenpox outbreak at the children's hospital after cases of the virus were confirmed onsite.In a statement on its website, CHEO said: "A child contracted chickenpox in the community and was admitted to CHEO for other reasons, then developed a rash. Two other children were subsequently infected."CHEO says all safety precautions are in place, adding: "The cases are contained, and the risk of…

Algae -- United KingdomThe British Veterinary Association (BVA) is urging pet owners to take extra precautions when walking their dogs in the vicinity of water bodies, after a spike in reports of toxic blue green algae in several locations across the UK this summer [2020].Blue green algae or cyanobacteria are a group of bacteria potentially containing dangerous toxins which can be harmful and even fatal to our pets, livestock and birds if ingested, even in small quantities.The warning comes as at least one…

Measles -- SomaliaAs soon as the alert was shared, a team from the WHO Somalia country office, the Ministry of Health in Kismayo, and Health Cluster* partners took swift action to further verify and investigate the alert, confirm the diagnosis and develop an effective response plan in the event that the alert turned out to be a "true" outbreak.Between 18 and 25 Jul 2020, a WHO team was deployed in Kismayo. Together with the Ministry of Health of Jubaland State and a local health partner, field…

COVID-19 -- NigeriaOver the past weeks, WHO has been adding functionality to its COVID-19 global dashboard, to display all of the latest data that have been published in the daily situation report; these data are now fully available on the dashboard. Important narrative updates are being merged into the WHO COVID-19 "Rolling updates" pages. Starting next Monday [17 Aug 2020], the daily situation report will be replaced by a "COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update" which will focus on analysis and interpretation…

Other Plant Disease -- GermanyFor the past 3 weeks, the fungal disease esca has increased in Baden. Affected grapevines often cannot be saved. The disease is not new, but is apparently being favoured by the current dry conditions.Grape growers everywhere in the region report that numerous vines are affected by the disease.Esca is increasingly affecting viticulture and is spreading worldwide, causing considerable damage. The disease is very complex and further research is needed. So far, 5 different fungi have been…

COVID-19, Antimicrobial resistance, Bacterial Meningitis, Tuberculosis, Enterovirus, Other Human Disease, Hepatitis B, HIV/AIDS, Rabies, Chikungunya, Malaria, Influenza -- Worldwide/UnknownSetting priorities for patient-centered surveillance of drug-resistant infectionsElizabeth A. Ashley, Alistair McLean, Francesca Chiara, Nicholas Feasey, Walter Jaoko, Japheth A. Opintan, Sharon J. Peacock, Priscilla Rupali, Paul TurnerInt J Infect Dis. 2020; 97 (Aug): 60-65Coronavirus (COVID-19) collection---------------------------------Diagnostics-----------Fast SARS-CoV-2 detection by RT-qPCR in preheated nasopharyngeal swab samplesJulia Alcoba-Florez, Rafaela…

These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today. …

The nurse with the Columbia County Health Department recorded the COVID-19 deaths at nearby hospitals and, along with her boss, concluded there was a pattern. …

N95 masks that are well past their expiration date or have been used and re-sterilized are acceptable alternatives to standard new single-use N95 masks, a new study shows. …

Dengue -- United StatesCases by Country / Week updated / Serotype / Total / Confirmed / Severe / DeathsNorth AmericaUSA / 31 [w/e 1 Aug 2020] / D? / 160 / 160 / 0 / 0Central America and MexicoBelize / 27 [w/e 4 Jul 2020] / D1,3 / 1743 / 306 / 0 / 0Costa Rica / 29 [w/e 18 Jul 2020] / D? / 5966 / 289 / 0 / 0El Salvador / 30 [w/e 25 Jul 2020] / D2 / 3983 / 31 / 4 / 0Guatemala / 28 [w/e 11 Jul 2020] / D1,2,3,4 / 4465 / 588 / 7 / 5Honduras / 30 [w/e 25 Jul 2020] / D1,2 / 17 940 / 75 / 1391 / 9Mexico /…

Other Plant Disease -- AustraliaOne of the most significant challenges [potato] producers face is the fight against pink rot. The soil-borne pathogen can wreak havoc on entire paddocks and render them unsuitable for cultivation. It causes rapid rotting of potato tubers, in-ground and in storage. It can result in significant yield losses, product downgrade, and rejection. Some paddocks experience a regular loss from 5 to 30 per cent even when recommended fungicide treatments are applied.A new project at the Tasmanian…

This report describes health department efforts to target facility-wide testing for SARS-CoV-2 within nursing homes.

This report describes the prevalence of COVID-19 among residents receiving dialysis in a Maryland nursing home.

Vilified, threatened with violence or in some cases suffering from burnout, dozens of state and local public health officials have resigned or have been fired amid the coronavirus outbreak. …

Most primary care physicians agree that antibiotic resistance and inappropriate prescribing are problems in the US, but they are much less inclined to recognize these issues in their own practices. …

A simple test identified which patients with gonorrhea could be treated with a single pill rather than a painful injection, researchers have found. …

Avian Influenza H5N1 -- VietnamInformation received on 7 Aug 2020 from Dr. Dong Pham Van, director general, chief veterinary officer, Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hanoi, Viet NamSummaryReport type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 23 Jul 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 25 Jul 2020Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: 6 Jun 2020Manifestation of disease: clinical diseaseCausal agent: highly…

A House panel says 'gullible' White House negotiators overpaid for Phillips ventilators, and it has asked the HHS Office of Inspector General to investigate evidence of fraud in the deal. …

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The program's director also said any vaccine will go through a full FDA approval process. …

Concerns about chloroquine's safety have focused largely on cardiac side effects. A new review shines a spotlight on psychiatric side effects as well. …

A large health system gave all workers PPE starting in March; the percentage of those who later tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies was only slightly higher than the general public, a study found. …

'Unless we develop the collective will without the leadership of the federal government to control this, we're really in for a rough ride.' …

Stigningen er i høj grad drevet af smittespredning i særligt Aarhus, men der er også tegn på en mindre stigning i resten af landet.

Typhoid -- MexicoInformation received on 6 Aug 2020 from Dr Gay Gutiérrez Juan, Director General de Salud Animal, National Health, Food Safety, and Food Quality Service (SENASICA), Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER), Ciudad de Mexico, MexicoSummaryReport type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 23 Jul 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 4 Aug 2020Reason for notification: reoccurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: November…

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever -- KazakhstanA Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) case has been confirmed in a resident of Shymkent, Kazakhstan, near the border of Uzbekistan.According to local media, "The citizen was at field work on the territory of the Turkestan region, upon arrival he was at home and after a few days he began to develop clinical manifestations. At home, he did the treatment himself and on the 3rd day of the disease called an ambulance and was hospitalized in the city infectious diseases hospital, "said…

COVID-19 -- ChinaAbstract--------We propose a novel low-cost and accurate method to estimate the incubation distribution of COVID-19. We have conducted a cross-sectional and forward follow-up study by identifying those pre-symptomatic individuals at their time of departure from Wuhan and then following them until their symptoms developed. The renewal process is adopted by considering the incubation period as a renewal and the duration between departure and symptoms onset as a forward time. Such a method…

'There's a lot less risk to getting the vaccine than contracting the virus,' said Coe, 74, a retired cardiologist. 'The worst thing that can happen is if I get the placebo.' …

The results suggest the need for broader guidelines to test pediatric patients because children presenting with other illnesses may be positive for SARS-CoV-2 as well, the researchers said. …

Salmonella -- United StatesAlaska / 6 Alabama / 1 Arizona / 14 California / 76 Colorado / 14 Connecticut / 2 Delaware / 1 Florida / 3 Georgia / 1 Idaho / 26 Illinois / 41 Indiana / 2 Iowa / 20 Kansas / 2 Kentucky / 1 Maine / 4 Maryland / 1 Massachusetts / 2 Michigan / 36 Minnesota / 14 Mississippi / 2 Missouri / 6 Montana / 52 Nebraska / 10 Nevada / 8 New Hampshire / 1 New Jersey / 2 New Mexico / 1 New York / 5 North Carolina / 5 North Dakota / 8 Ohio / 8…

Other Human Disease -- United StatesThe state has identified a 2nd case of Jamestown Canyon virus [this year (2020)], an infection transmitted by mosquitoes, in Bow.The person, identified only as an adult, "was not hospitalized and is doing well, but experienced fever and mild neurological symptoms," the Department of Health and Human Services said in a press release.This is the 2nd detection of JCV in the state this year [2020]. JCV is transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito. There are no vaccines to prevent JCV…

Plague -- ChinaAuthorities in a city in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia have quarantined a village after a resident there who had caught an intestinal type of plague died, the health commission of the city said on Thu 6 Aug 2020.Cases of plague are not uncommon in China, although outbreaks have become increasingly rare. From 2009 to 2018, China reported 26 cases and 11 deaths.Baotou city has sealed off the village where the dead patient lived and quarantined the patient's close contacts, who…

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/UnknownThe latest infections raise to 9 the number of Kurdish Red Crescent staff in northeastern Syria who have contracted the virus, a volunteer at the organisation told AFP news agency, asking not to be identified.Nine years of war have battered healthcare provision across Syria, but the situation in the northeast is particularly critical, as the Kurdish authorities have been left to cope with the coronavirus pandemic largely unaided.This has raised fears that any outbreak could swiftly…

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Bluetongue -- GreeceInformation received [and dated] on 7 Aug 2020 from Mrs. Chrysoula Dile, Head, Animal Health Directorate, Ministry of Rural Development and Food, Athens, GreeceSummaryReport type: Immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 27 Jul 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 30 Jul 2020Reason for notification: Recurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: 29 Feb 2016Manifestation of disease: Clinical diseaseCausal agent: Bluetongue virusSerotype: 4Nature of…

COVID-19 -- United StatesTexas A&M researchers from the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) have identified 2 cats in Brazos County [where Texas A&M University is located] that tested positive for COVID-19. The team is working to understand how pets living in "high-risk" households may be impacted by COVID-19 by sampling pets, dogs and cats, whose owners have tested positive.CVMBS associate professor of epidemiology Dr. Sarah Hamer is leading the team."We're one of a few veterinary…

Fever -- ChinaA total of 37 people in East China's Jiangsu Province have been diagnosed with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) this year [2020], a disease caused by the novel bunyavirus which is spread by ticks. Experts have warned that the virus can be transmitted from person to person.Based on previous cases, the virus can be transmitted from infected animals or people to others via blood, respiratory tract and wounds, Sheng Jifang, an expert on the novel bunyavirus and director of…

Plague -- United StatesThe New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) reports the death of a man in his 20s from Rio Arriba County of septicemic plague, the 1st human plague death in New Mexico in 2020, and the 2nd human plague case overall. The Rio Arriba County man died after being hospitalized. An environmental investigation will take place at the person's home to look for ongoing risk to immediate family members, neighbors, and others in the surrounding community.Plague is a bacterial disease of rodents and is…

Poisoning -- United StatesCitation: Yip L, Bixler D, Brooks DE, et al. Serious adverse health events, including death, associated with ingesting alcohol-based hand sanitizers containing methanol -- Arizona and New Mexico, May-June 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. Epub 5 Aug 2020. Summary------What is already known about this topic?Alcohol-based hand sanitizers should only contain ethanol or isopropanol, but some products imported into the USA have been found to contain methanol.What is added by this…

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/UnknownHispanic and black patients accounted for the largest proportion (73.6%) of reported MIS-C patients. Acute COVID-19 has been reported to disproportionately affect Hispanics and blacks (10). Long-standing inequities in the social determinants of health, such as housing, economic instability, insurance status, and work circumstances of patients and their family members, have systematically placed social, racial, and ethnic minority populations at higher risk for COVID-19 and more severe illness,…

Malaria -- United StatesThe 3rd Annual Innovations Pitch Competition will highlight tools and methods that will improve vaccine acceptance, accessibility and delivery, and diagnosis and treatment, of high impact diseases in the pediatric population living in low-resource settings.The innovations proposed should be marketable, scalable and rooted in scientific rigor. Innovations may be target at, but are not limited to:- COVID-19- Climate change and consequences to humans and animals.- The mitigation of…

Lumpy Skin Disease -- RussiaInformation received on 7 Aug 2020 from Dr Nikolay Vlasov, Deputy Head, Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance , Ministry of Agriculture, Moscou, RussiaSummary:Report type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 1 Aug 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 6 Aug 2020Report date: 7 Aug 2020Date submitted to OIE: 7 Aug 2020Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: 23 Dec 2019Manifestation of disease:…

African Swine Fever -- ZambiaInformation received on 2 Aug 2020 from Dr Swithine Kabilika, Director, Veterinary Services, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Lusaka, ZambiaSummaryReport type: immediate notificationDate of start of the event: 13 Jul 2020Date of confirmation of the event: 13 Jul 2020Report date: 2 Aug 2020Date submitted: 2 Aug 2020Reason for notification: recurrence of a listed diseaseDate of previous occurrence: 20 Nov 2018Manifestation of disease: clinical diseaseCausal agent:…

Enrollment in phase 3 trials has just begun, and it will probably take longer than that to collect sufficient data, Dr Susan Bailey said. …

Problems buying PPE have persisted for independent practices, causing delays in reopening and putting clinicians at risk. Nonprofits and medical associations are stepping in to fill the gap. …