Deadly Marburg Virus Spreads to Tanzania for the First Time
Tanzania reported its first outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus after eight people developed symptoms including fever, vomiting, bleeding and kidney failure.
Testing by the east African country confirmed the presence of the highly virulent disease that causes hemorrhagic fever, the World Health Organization said in a statement late Tuesday. Five of the eight cases in Tanzania’s northwest Kagera region have died and another 161 contacts have been identified and are being monitored, the WHO said.
Tanzania is the second African country this year to report its first Marburg outbreak after Equatorial Guinea in February d...
Source: TIME: Health - March 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Janice Kew/Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized bloomberg wire Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Notes From the Field: First Evidence of Locally Acquired Dengue Virus Infection - Maricopa County, Arizona, November 2022
This report describes the identification of dengue virus in Maricopa County, Arizona. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - March 16, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: Dengue Fever (DF) MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
Notes From the Field: Prevalence of Previous Dengue Virus Infection Among Children and Adolescents - U.S. Virgin Islands, 2022
This report describes the prevalence of previous dengue virus infection among children and adolescents in the U.S. Virgin Islands. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - March 16, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: Dengue Fever (DF) MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
Janssen Announces Novel Dengue Antiviral Demonstrates Efficacy in Pre-Clinical Data Published in Nature
BEERSE, BELGIUM, March 15, 2023 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) announced today the publication of new data in the journal Nature showing that an early-stage clinical candidate (JNJ-1802) provides strong protection against dengue in non-human primates and mice. The first-in-class antiviral, which was shown to be safe and well tolerated in a Phase 1 first-in-human clinical study, is now progressing into Phase 2 clinical studies for the prevention and treatment of dengue.The new data indicate JNJ-1802 is effective against all four of the dengue serotypes in mouse models and provide...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - March 15, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Sudan: Dengue and Malaria Cases Rise in Khartoum
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Omdurman -- The Ministry of Health in Khartoum has stressed the need for urgent action to control the dengue fever outbreak, along with an increase in malaria infections. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - March 8, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Sudan: Two More Die As Sudan Dengue Fever Epidemic Spreads in Khartoum State
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Omdurman / Ombadda / Karari -- The Ministry of Health of Khartoum state has initiated several interventions, after two people suffering from dengue fever died on Wednesday. This follows criticism from the United Doctors' Office in Sudan, which attributed the dengue fever epidemic in Khartoum and other states to the ministry's failure to stem the spread with "sound scientific methods". (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 6, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Sudan: Sudan Doctors Blame Ministry of Health for Dengue Spread
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- A member in the Unified Doctors' Office in Sudan attributed the dengue fever epidemic in Khartoum and other states to the Ministry of Health's failure in stemming the spread with "sound scientific methods". (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 3, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
The Petri Dish: Roche, Blueprint end lung cancer collab; Atea scraps dengue drug
Atea Pharmaceuticals is no longer working on a drug for dengue fever, citing a variety of challenges to running clinical studies. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 2, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Rowan Walrath Source Type: news
Sudan: Khartoum Dengue Fever Rates Highest Since Records Began
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Ministry of Health in Khartoum state is monitoring 65 new suspected cases and 30 newly confirmed cases of dengue fever. This brings the total number of cases in greater Khartoum to 770 cases, of which 388 cases are confirmed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 1, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Sudan: Dengue Fever - Two Dead, At Least 169 Confirmed Cases in Khartoum and El Gedaref
[Dabanga] Khartoum / El Gedaref -- Sudan's Federal Minister of Health, Dr Haisam Ibrahim, announced yesterday that dengue fever had emerged in the Khartoum and El Gedaref for the first time, noting that two separate deaths from symptoms related to dengue fever, also referred to as haemorrhagic fever, were recorded in both locations. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 17, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
AAP Approves 2023 Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule AAP Approves 2023 Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule
Minor changes and additions to annual ACIP recommendations affected vaccines for COVID-19; dengue fever; pneumococcal disease; and measles, mumps, and rubella.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 9, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Southeast Asia warned of insecticide-resistant dengue mosquitoes
TOKYO -- A team of researchers led by Shinji Kasai, director of the Department of Medical Entomology at Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases, has warned about an increasing number of insecticide-resistant mosquitoes in Southeast Asia. The warning comes after the team found a new…#tokyo #shinjikasai #southeastasia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mauritius: Using Sterile Insect Technique to Mitigate Mosquito Proliferation
[Government of Mauritius] Mauritius currently being in the rainy season, which favours the proliferation of mosquitoes in several regions around the island, the Vector Biology and Control Division is presently implementing a Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) project which forms part of the integrated vector management strategy to tackle mosquito-borne illnesses such as dengue and chikungunya. This Division operates under the aegis of the Ministry of Health and Wellness. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 3, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Calls for More Action to End 'Cycles of Poverty and Stigma' Related to Tropical Diseases
[UN News] More countries have worked to eliminate dengue, leprosy and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) over the past decade, but greater efforts and investment are needed in the face of pandemic-related disruptions, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 31, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Second Phase of the NIH Preprint Pilot Launched
Today, we are pleased to announce the launch of the second phase of the NIH Preprint Pilot with the addition of more than 700 new preprint records to PubMed Central (PMC) and PubMed. This second phase expands the scope of the Pilot to include preprints resulting from all NIH-funded research. Eligible preprints are those acknowledging direct support of an NIH award or authored by NIH staff and posted to bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv, or Research Square, on or after January 1, 2023. NLM will automatically include the full text of the preprint (as license terms allow) and associated citation information in PMC and PubMed, respectiv...
Source: PubMed Central News - January 30, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
