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2022 and 2023 case counts are preliminary and subject to change. (cdc.gov)
Beirut/Cairo, 31 October 2022: The first cholera outbreak in nearly three decades in Lebanon was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by the Ministry of Public Health on 6 October 2022 and is currently spreading to every governorate in the country. (who.int)
Since the first case was confirmed on 5 October 2022, over 1400 suspected cases have been reported across the country, including 381 laboratory-confirmed cases and 17 deaths. (who.int)
A report published in the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet found that between 38% and 50% of people infected with mpox globally during the 2022 outbreak were HIV positive. (upi.com)
According to health experts, syphilis cases rose from 1,845 in 2019 to 2,905 in 2022, which amounts to around 57 percent. (lovebscott.com)
There have been 453 deaths confirmed since the outbreak started in May 2022 , with most cases recorded in the past three months . (savethechildren.net)
The unit was last in Nigeria in 2022 responding to a cholera outbreak. (savethechildren.net)
Title : Mpox 2022 outbreak cases and data Corporate Authors(s) : National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology. (cdc.gov)
Since May 2022, monkeypox cases, which have historically been rare in the United States, have been identified in 18 states and territories among both persons returning from international travel and their close contacts domestically. (cdc.gov)
The first case of monkeypox in the United States was diagnosed in a traveler who returned to Massachusetts from Canada on May 17, 2022. (cdc.gov)
On June 1, 2022, CDC updated and expanded its monkeypox case definitions to ensure that anyone who is suspected of having monkeypox can be tested and appropriate steps to protect contacts can be taken. (cdc.gov)
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) was notified of suspected diphtheria outbreaks in Lagos and Kano States, Nigeria, in December 2022 and has been issuing monthly reports since that time. (who.int)
Nigéria, en décembre 2022 et publie depuis lors des rapports mensuels. (who.int)

In a study published on Tuesday, scientists determined that the first victim of the current Ebola outbreak may have been infected while interacting with bats in a small village in southeastern Guinea. (cbc.ca)
The village of Meliandou in southeastern Guinea, where the current Ebola outbreak first began. (cbc.ca)
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda confirmed seven Ebola infections Thursday as authorities try to track down 43 contacts of known Ebola patients two days after authorities in the East African country announced an outbreak of the contagious disease. (wric.com)
A total of eight deaths, including one confirmed, are "attributable to the virus," said Dr. Henry Kyobe, a Ugandan military officer who is tracking Ebola cases. (wric.com)
But they were able to confirm an Ebola outbreak of the Sudan type earlier this week after testing a sample from a 24-year-old man who had been initially treated for other illnesses, including malaria and pneumonia, when he sought care in his home town. (wric.com)
There is no proven vaccine for the Sudan strain of Ebola, and "its very critical at this point that we treat this outbreak as serious, because we may not have the advantage that we have gained in terms of the advancement in medical countermeasures," said Dr. Patrick Otim, an epidemiologist with WHO in Africa. (wric.com)
Scientists don't know the natural reservoir of the virus, but they suspect the first victim in an Ebola outbreak gets infected through contact with an infected animal. (wric.com)
Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed more than 200 people. (wric.com)
Last month authorities in Congo said a new case of Ebola in the eastern city of Beni was linked to a previous outbreak. (wric.com)
Congo's 10th outbreak of Ebola in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri killed more than 2,000 people from 2018 to 2020. (wric.com)
Case fatality rate for Ebola virus disease in west Africa. (eurosurveillance.org)
The Emergency Health Unit has years of experience responding to and containing disease outbreaks, including Ebola, cholera, COVID-19 and measles. (savethechildren.net)
The 2018 Équateur province Ebola outbreak occurred in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from May to July 2018. (wikipedia.org)
It was contained entirely within Équateur province, and was the first time that vaccination with the rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine had been attempted in the early stages of an Ebola outbreak, with a total of 3,481 people vaccinated. (wikipedia.org)
It was the ninth recorded Ebola outbreak in the DRC. (wikipedia.org)
A further separate outbreak in the Province of Équateur was announced on 1 June 2020 by the Congolese health ministry, described as the eleventh Ebola outbreak since records began. (wikipedia.org)
Équateur province's Provincial Health Division reported 21 cases with symptoms consistent with Ebola virus disease, of whom 17 had died, on 3 May 2018. (wikipedia.org)
Of these, eight cases were subsequently shown not to have been Ebola-related. (wikipedia.org)
The outbreak was declared on 8 May after samples from two of five patients in Bikoro tested positive for the Zaire strain of the Ebola virus. (wikipedia.org)
In the eight previous Ebola outbreaks in DRC since 1976, the virus had never before reached a major city. (wikipedia.org)

Lusaka ‒ Zambia declared a cholera outbreak in October 2023. (who.int)
Poland's internal security officers were searching for the source of a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires' disease which has killed seven people and infected more than 100 others in the strategic city of Rzeszow, near the border with Ukraine, authorities said Friday Aug. 25, 2023. (kxan.com)
Eight cases of locally acquired, mosquito-transmitted (i.e., autochthonous) Plasmodium vivax malaria, which has not been reported in the United States since 2003, were reported to CDC from state health departments in Florida and Texas during May 18-July 17, 2023. (medscape.com)
As of August 4, 2023, case surveillance, mosquito surveillance and control activities, and public outreach and education activities continue in both states. (medscape.com)

In 2020, mumps cases decreased compared with the previous six years, possibly due to social distancing and other COVID-19 prevention measures. (cdc.gov)
From April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020, 32 health departments reported 142 mumps cases. (cdc.gov)
The latest wave of cases stems from the highly transmissible omicron variant and marks the worst Covid outbreak on the mainland since the initial phase of the pandemic in early 2020. (cnbc.com)
Meanwhile, Florida had 31,758 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, breaking a record for the most cases in a single day since the start of the pandemic in the U.S. in March 2020, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (columbian.com)
South Korea on Wednesday reported 1,896 new cases, the highest daily spike since the coronavirus outbreak in the Asian country in January 2020. (turkishpress.com)
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020, the Boulder County Health Department said that the majority of the new COVID-19 cases were in college-age people living in the University Hill neighborhood. (cpr.org)
The outbreak is associated with people who attended a private party at the Summit Lodge in Killington on August 19, 2020. (healthvermont.gov)

Health officials have confirmed eight cases of measles in Vancouver, calling it an outbreak. (vicnews.com)
A measles outbreak in Washington State and Oregon this winter has sickened 56 people so far. (vicnews.com)
Measles Outbreak Traced Back To "ILLEGAL? (wcbm.com)
An outbreak of measles that began with an inmate at a federal detention center for immigrants in central Arizona has now grown to 11 confirmed cases. (wcbm.com)
A measles outbreak in central Ohio that sickened 85 children has been declared over. (localnews8.com)
A measles outbreak in central Ohio that sickened 85 children has been declared over, officials at Columbus Public Health announced Sunday. (localnews8.com)
The outbreak of measles infections, which was first reported in early November , spread among children who were not fully vaccinated and was mostly driven by a lack of vaccination in the community. (localnews8.com)
Measles cases in central Ohio emerged quickly in November and early December, but the number of new cases being identified appeared to slow during the winter holidays. (localnews8.com)
Local health officials waited until no new cases were reported within 42 days - or two incubation periods of the measles virus - before declaring the outbreak over. (localnews8.com)
Health officials fought the outbreak by "sounding the alarm," including being transparent about the state of the outbreak, informing the public about how easily the measles virus can spread and promoting the importance of getting young children vaccinated against the virus, said Dr. Mysheika Roberts, health commissioner for the city of Columbus , who led the outbreak response. (localnews8.com)
Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, and since then, most cases in the US have emerged in communities with low rates of vaccination against the virus. (localnews8.com)
While we expect importations of measles cases into the United States to continue, the risk for measles for the majority of the population would still remain low," the CDC says on its website . (localnews8.com)
When the outbreak began, the CDC sent a small team to Columbus to assist with tracking measles cases and pinpointing how the virus was spreading. (localnews8.com)
Once a new case was identified, health officials worked quickly to determine who had been in contact with that person, whether the contacts were vaccinated against measles and, if not, whether they had been infected. (localnews8.com)
We've had low vaccination rates for MMR in our community for years, but we've never had a measles outbreak like we have now. (localnews8.com)
(KMSP) - As of Monday afternoon, there are nine confirmed cases of the measles in Minnesota, all in Hennepin County. (fox9.com)
The source of the recent measles outbreak has yet to be determined. (fox9.com)

The team will visit several households during the day, each member playing an essential role in ensuring that they identify other potential cholera cases and engage with community members to prevent more cases and deaths. (who.int)
As of Feb. 15, the CDC has recorded 30,193 cases of mpox and 32 deaths. (upi.com)
As of Monday afternoon, Ohio has reported 93,963 total cases and 3,539 deaths of the coronavirus, according to the Ohio Department of Health. (springfieldnewssun.com)
According to the ODH's website, as of Monday afternoon, Champaign County had 138 cases, and one death, of the coronavirus - Clark County had 1,086 cases, 12 deaths and 2 probable deaths. (springfieldnewssun.com)
Ten new H7N9 influenza cases, along with three deaths, were reported from five China provinces today, vaulting the outbreak case total over the 300 mark after less than a year of disease activity. (umn.edu)
To put the cases and deaths so far into perspective, remember that seasonal flu kills between 250,000 and 650,000 people each year. (vox.com)
Five people have now died in a salmonella outbreak linked to two brands of cantaloupe sold across Canada this fall, according to federal officials.The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed the deaths in its latest update on Thursday, though it did not provide further details. (yahoo.com)
A total of 56 deaths and nearly 1.5 million cases of "fever" have been reported in North Korea since the country announced its first Covid case a week ago, according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). (ndtv.com)
The Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimmons, a nursing home for veterans in Aurora operated by the state, first discovered an outbreak on April 29, but more than two months later, the number of deaths among COVID-19-positive residents continues to climb. (cpr.org)
Gottlieb said on CBS that many in the US are gradually recalibrating their approach to masks, social distancing and other measures as cases and deaths fall sharply. (dailymaverick.co.za)
New cases and deaths have been declining in Texas since March. (dailymaverick.co.za)
There were 3,995 new virus cases compared with 4,717 a day before and 72 deaths compared with 125 on Saturday. (dailymaverick.co.za)
There were no deaths linked to the outbreak. (healthday.com)
The recorded cases are out of the 2,542 tests conducted in the last 24 hours and cumulatively brings the total number of cases to 5,002 with 3,185 recoveries while the death toll stands at 142, of which thirty nine (39) are Covid deaths, ninety eight (98) are Covid related while five (5) are yet to be classified. (lusakatimes.com)
The WHO declared the outbreak over on 24 July 2018, with 33 confirmed deaths. (wikipedia.org)
This eleventh outbreak was declared over as of 18 November following no reported cases for 42 days, having caused 130 cases and 55 deaths. (wikipedia.org)
no deaths have been reported globally from the current outbreak. (cdc.gov)

Active case finding is very important to the cholera outbreak response, says Chola Shimangwala, Environmental Health Officer for Lusaka District. (who.int)
WHO is joining with the Ministry of Public Health and other health partners to curb the evolving cholera outbreak. (who.int)
The best way to prevent a cholera outbreak is to ensure people have access to clean water and appropriate sanitation and hygiene. (who.int)

As the number of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continues to mostly trend downward in Colorado, public spaces and large gatherings have become a growing concern for coronavirus outbreaks and case surges. (cpr.org)
Wednesday morning, the Boulder County Health Department reported a reversal of its downward trend of COVID-19 cases. (cpr.org)
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment identified 16 new outbreaks this week, defined as two or more confirmed COVID-19 cases within a facility in a 14-day period. (cpr.org)
According to the Mecklenburg County Public Health, there have been 68 confirmed COVID-19 cases potentially connected with convocation events held at the United House of Prayer For All People. (fox47news.com)
New data on the outbreak, released Friday, shows there were a known total of 469 COVID-19 cases "associated with multiple summer events" among Provincetown revelers. (healthday.com)
Zambia has today recorded 450 new COVID-19 cases, the second highest number since the outbreak with the call by government to have a change in approach to avert further spread of the virus. (lusakatimes.com)
Field Briefing: Diamond Princess COVID-19 Cases. (eurosurveillance.org)
BURLINGTON, VT - The Vermont Department of Health is investigating a community outbreak of COVID-19 cases in Rutland County. (healthvermont.gov)

From 2015 to 2019, the U.S. saw a range of different mumps outbreak settings and sizes. (cdc.gov)
From September 1, 2018 to August 22, 2019, 19 state health departments reported 898 mumps cases in adult migrants detained in 57 detention facilities . (cdc.gov)
Incubation period and other epidemiological characteristics of 2019 novel coronavirus infections with right truncation: A statistical analysis of publicly available case data. (eurosurveillance.org)

Four cases of the Powassan virus have been confirmed in Connecticut, as announced by state health officials. (geo.tv)
The patient, an Arizona State University student who doesn't live on campus, recently traveled from Wuhan, China - the center of the outbreak, health officials said Sunday. (vox.com)
The discovery of more coronavirus cases in the US - and the other cases outside of mainland China - are cause for concern, but not cause for alarm, according to public health officials. (vox.com)
County health officials note that the majority of the new cases were in college-age people living in the University Hill neighborhood, which is directly across from the University of Colorado Boulder campus and is popular with students. (cpr.org)
An outbreak is defined as an increase in the number of cases officials expect to see at a certain time of year. (vicnews.com)
In response, public health officials have been attempting to conduct contact tracing to identify other possible cases. (fox47news.com)
Health officials put out the first warning of the initial two cases last Thursday. (wcbm.com)
Washington state health officials have announced that the state is running coronavirus tests on about 50 people linked to a nursing home in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland, raising fears of an advanced outbreak in the region. (ijpr.org)
This milestone fits the CDC's definition of the end of an outbreak, however we still have test results pending for suspected cases," Columbus health officials posted to Twitter on Sunday morning. (localnews8.com)
She added that the outbreak took Columbus Public Health officials off-guard. (localnews8.com)
The city is experiencing a syphilis outbreak, with health officials reporting a 128% rise in cases, most of which are linked to pregnant women. (lovebscott.com)
Health officials have not yet identified the food source of the outbreak, but imported produce is suspected. (foodpoisoningbulletin.com)
Health officials said Summit Lodge followed state protocols and guidance and has been a cooperative partner in the outbreak investigation. (healthvermont.gov)
Contact tracing is a critical part of the state's ability to contain outbreaks, and officials urge anyone who is contacted to please respond to calls from the department. (healthvermont.gov)
Surveillance case definitions enable public health officials to classify and count cases consistently across reporting jurisdictions. (cdc.gov)

On 10 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that the Democratic Republic of the Congo had a total of 32 cases of EVD, and a further two suspected cases were announced on the following day, bringing the total cases to 34, all located in the Bikoro area of DRC. (wikipedia.org)

APRIL 8, 2021 - CFN just received a copy of a letter sent to parents by the EOHU stating that there are now 3 cases confirmed at Bridgewood Public School in Cornwall Ontario. (cornwallfreenews.com)

Elder-care facilities, which accounted for nearly all recorded COVID-19 outbreaks in March and April, have seen few new outbreaks in June. (cpr.org)

Ugandan authorities have not yet to found the source of the outbreak, and neither have they discovered the key first case. (wric.com)
All of those daycares have reopened, but the central kitchen that's believed to be the source of the outbreak has been closed indefinitely and five other daycares are either closed or partially closed due to secondary spread. (ctvnews.ca)

From January 2016 to June 2017, health departments reported 150 outbreaks (9,200 cases). (cdc.gov)
In France , nine new outbreaks in cattle have been reported in 2016 so far. (thebeefsite.com)

Singapore moved to code orange during the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009. (straitstimes.com)
Community case management during an influenza outbreak : a training package for community health workers. (who.int)

Reported cases decreased by more than 99% after both the mumps vaccination program started in the U.S. in 1967 and children regularly received two doses of MMR vaccine. (cdc.gov)
Mumps outbreaks can occur in U.S. communities of people who previously had 1 or 2 doses of MMR vaccine. (cdc.gov)
In the long term, we need to scale up global vaccine availability as part of a holistic strategy to prevent and stop cholera outbreaks worldwide," Dr Abubakar emphasizes. (who.int)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will weigh whether or not to approve the use of an mpox vaccine for at-risk adults in case of future outbreaks, following a recommendation from its independent advisers Wednesday. (upi.com)
The JYNNEOS vaccine is a two-dose preventative vaccine that has been in use by the CDC since last summer's mpox outbreak. (upi.com)
On Wednesday, the CDC's 18 advisors unanimously voted in favor of recommending the use of the vaccine for at-risk adults in any future outbreak, noting that one infected person entering the United States could trigger an outbreak, NBC News reports. (upi.com)
While the CDC considers its response to future mpox outbreaks -- previously referred to as monkeypox -- it will also determine whether it will approve the vaccine for children under the age of 18. (upi.com)
The researchers noted that it's not surprising that three-quarters of cases in the Provincetown outbreak occurred among the vaccinated, because a full 69% of the town's vaccine-eligible residents have gotten their shots -- a number that's much higher than the national average. (healthday.com)
Diphtheria is a vaccine-preventable disease that has largely been eradicated across the world, although periodic outbreaks happen in places where large groups of children have missed this routine vaccination, such as the disruptions to vaccinations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. (savethechildren.net)

Champaign County has remained relatively low in positive coronavirus cases since the disease was labeled a pandemic in March. (springfieldnewssun.com)
MIAMI - A COVID-19 outbreak took place on a South Florida-based cruise ship for the third time this week, as the number of coronavirus cases in Florida hit its highest level since the start of the pandemic. (columbian.com)
There are now five confirmed US coronavirus cases. (vox.com)
Globally, there are more than 2,100 confirmed coronavirus cases, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University researchers . (vox.com)
At the same time, the number of coronavirus cases in Florida has hit its second-highest level since the start of the pandemic. (abc17news.com)
China reported 1,366 confirmed coronavirus cases for March 24, the country's national health authority said on Friday, down from 2,054 a day earlier, though the number of asymptomatic infections increased. (khaleejtimes.com)

The US government has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency. (gaytimes.co.uk)
Currently, the US has the world's biggest monkeypox outbreak, with over 6,600 cases across the country. (gaytimes.co.uk)
For all of these reasons, I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency of international concern. (gaytimes.co.uk)
This Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Update serves to alert clinicians to clinical presentations of monkeypox seen so far in the United States and to provide updated and expanded case definitions intended to encourage testing for monkeypox among persons presenting for care with relevant history, signs, and symptoms. (cdc.gov)
The current identification of West African monkeypox cases in many countries that do not have endemic disease and involving patients with no direct travel history to an area with endemic monkeypox, suggests person-to-person community spread. (cdc.gov)
Revised categories of suspected, probable, and confirmed cases of monkeypox standardize case reporting through the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). (cdc.gov)
In addition, the "suspected" case definition encourages broader suspicion for monkeypox. (cdc.gov)

Data sharing: Notification to CDC of confirmed cases of foodborne disease outbreaks (preferably using the CDC National Outbreak Reporting System) is recommended. (cdc.gov)
Guide to confirming an etiology in foodborne disease outbreak. (cdc.gov)

Globally there have been 80,922 cases. (upi.com)
The new US cases come as the number of confirmed cases reaches 2,116 globally. (vox.com)

The largest outbreak occurred in a close-knit community in northwest Arkansas that resulted in nearly 3,000 cases. (cdc.gov)

The outbreak began on 8 May 2018, when it was reported that 17 people were suspected of having died from EVD near the town of Bikoro in the Province of Équateur. (wikipedia.org)
The earliest cases are believed to have occurred in early April 2018. (wikipedia.org)
In May 2018, for the first time, four cases were confirmed in the city of Mbandaka. (wikipedia.org)
The WHO reported on 17 May 2018 that the first case of this outbreak in an urban area had been confirmed in the Wangata district of Mbandaka city, the capital of Équateur province, about 100 miles north of Bikoro. (wikipedia.org)

Three months later, cases began to decline as response efforts were strengthened through a concerted push by the national health authorities with support from international and local partners, frontline health workers and community-based volunteers. (who.int)
The active case-finding team from the nearby Kalingalinga Health Centre is en route to a household that has reported a case of cholera. (who.int)
That's up from a total of 11 cases a day earlier, according to the National Health Commission. (cnbc.com)
Over the past few weeks, WHO has supported a series of training sessions at central and peripheral levels to improve the early detection and reporting of suspected cases, enhance clinical management and raise awareness among the public and frontline health workers on cholera prevention and control. (who.int)
The migration of health care workers, disrupted supply chains and unaffordable energy supply have severely weakened the response capacity of hospitals and primary health care facilities, which are now threatened by the growing outbreak and increasing caseloads. (who.int)
The DPH revealed that severe cases can result in fatal outcomes and long-term health complications. (geo.tv)
Over 30 cases of the coronavirus have been linked to a farm in Urbana, according to a statement from the Champaign Health District. (springfieldnewssun.com)
Shelby Ballentine, Health Educator for the CHD, said no one associated with the outbreak is hospitalized as of Monday and all 86 employees of the farm have been tested for COVID-19 by the Ohio Department of Health. (springfieldnewssun.com)
But cases appear to be on the upswing in the county, CHD Health Commissioner Gabe Jones said. (springfieldnewssun.com)
By comparison, the most active calendar year for the H5N1 strain, in 2006, saw 115 cases, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). (umn.edu)
The facility with the second-most cases is Maryville Memory Care in Washington County with 74 cases, according to weekly state data released by the Oregon Health Authority on Wednesday. (opb.org)
On Wednesday, Jackson County Public Health reported that the Three Fountains facility had 113 cases, while the state reported 95 cases. (opb.org)
The county also listed Avamere's Health Services of Rogue Valley facility as having 71 cases on Wednesday, while the state reported just 37. (opb.org)
A fifth US coronavirus case has been confirmed in Maricopa County, Arizona, according to the Arizona Department of Public Health . (vox.com)
Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said Friday that although the outbreak is a "very serious public health threat, the immediate risk to the US public is low at this time. (vox.com)
SINGAPORE - The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed that the suspected case of a three-year-old girl with pneumonia who is in Singapore is not linked to the Wuhan cluster. (yahoo.com)
Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield optimistically said this week that case growth was not exponential. (nzherald.co.nz)
Due to lags in reporting from county health departments some newly disclosed outbreaks in this list are from earlier weeks. (cpr.org)
The cases surround a French-language high school, Ecole Jules Verne Secondary, in Vancouver, said Dr. Althea Hayden, medical health officer with Vancouver Coastal Health, in an update late Friday. (vicnews.com)
In 89% of those cases, the highly contagious Delta variant was implicated, concluded a team led by Dr. Catherine Brown of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. (healthday.com)
That's why today's public health emergency declaration on the virus is critical to confronting this outbreak with the urgency it warrants. (gaytimes.co.uk)
In short, we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission about which we understand too little and which meets the criteria in the international health regulations," said WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a press conference on 23 July. (gaytimes.co.uk)
There's one new long-term-care facility outbreak in Fraser Health at Heritage Village in Chilliwack, where one resident and three staff members have tested positive. (straight.com)
Another outbreak in Island Health at Discovery Harbour in Campbell River, where a total of three staff members tested positive, has been declared over. (straight.com)
Under the Disease Outbreak Response System Condition or Dorscon, orange means the outbreak is deemed to have moderate to high public health impact. (straitstimes.com)
During the June 16 COVID-19 update, Chief Medical Officer of Health Brendan Hanley said there are currently 50 active cases in the territory with 16 new cases and a probable case since June 15. (yukon-news.com)
It was on June 15 that acting Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Catherine Elliott declared the outbreak, highlighting a full 12 cases in one overnight period from June 14 to 15. (yukon-news.com)
Fraser Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Maple Ridge Christian School after 32 cases were identified among staff and students. (aldergrovestar.com)
The independent school in Maple Ridge will remain open to in-person instruction for Grade six and above while Fraser Health undertakes case and contact management. (aldergrovestar.com)
Fraser Health is collaborating with the school as part of the outbreak response. (aldergrovestar.com)
Public Health staff also works closely with the school throughout the case and contact-management process to maintain close communication with the school community. (aldergrovestar.com)
He said the 450 cases include 296 detected through hospital screening,37 from contacts to known patients,100 from the routine testing, 11 are health care workers, 2 from community alerts ,1 from a truck driver from Mazabuka and 1 case was detected at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport. (lusakatimes.com)
So far, patients are "experiencing mild illness" amid a COVID-19 outbreak declared at one unit of Victoria General Hospital, according to Island Health. (peacearchnews.com)
A respiratory illness outbreak was declared on unit 6C at VGH on Oct. 3, Island Health confirmed in a written statement. (peacearchnews.com)
There are currently 11 health-care-acquired cases attributed to the outbreak, with eight active cases on the unit as of Wednesday morning. (peacearchnews.com)
Island Health follows provincial guidance for the declaration and management of respiratory illness outbreaks. (peacearchnews.com)
The list at inspections.myhealthdepartment.com/island-health/program-outbreak is updated daily with facilities removed when an illness outbreak is over. (peacearchnews.com)
The Houston Health Department on Thursday announced the outbreak, reporting a nine-fold rise in congenital syphilis in Houston and Harris County. (lovebscott.com)
As a result of the rise in syphilis cases, the Houston Health Department is waiving clinical fees for people to get tested in an effort to combat the outbreak immediately. (lovebscott.com)
To date, the Health Department has identified 14 cases among people who attended the event and their close contacts - meaning the virus has spread to one or more people who did not attend the private party. (healthvermont.gov)
We appreciate the cooperation of everyone who has responded to our contact tracing team," said Health Commissioner Mark Levine, MD. "I particularly thank the management of the Summit Lodge - for their adherence to the state's guidelines for protecting their guests and employees, and for their assistance and support of our efforts to contain and minimize this outbreak. (healthvermont.gov)
Eight of the confirmed cases are Somali children, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. (fox9.com)
Alberta Health Services says the number of E. coli cases related to an outbreak at numerous Calgary daycares remains stable. (ctvnews.ca)
The health authority says there have been two additional lab-confirmed cases of the bacterial infection that have now been linked to the outbreak, up to 350 from 348 on the weekend. (ctvnews.ca)
Save the Children's Emergency Health Unit is deploying expert health and supply chain staff to help over-stretched clinics to detect and treat diphtheria cases and to support with mass vaccination campaigns across the worst hit areas. (savethechildren.net)
Diphtheria can be fatal in more than 10% of cases, but this can increase in places like overcrowded displacement camps or informal settlements in cities, where families have limited access to health services or where health facilities are overwhelmed. (savethechildren.net)
Save the Children is calling on donors to support the comprehensive response being launched by the government, UN, and aid agencies to support local health services to cope with the influx of diphtheria cases, procure more vaccines and to roll out a mass vaccination campaign. (savethechildren.net)
Save the Children's Emergency Health Unit will work side-by-side with local health workers to ensure they have the skills and equipment needed to detect and treat diphtheria cases and to conduct contract tracing and community education to help reduce the spread of the disease. (savethechildren.net)
A surveillance case definition is a set of uniform criteria used to define a disease for public health surveillance. (cdc.gov)
Surveillance case definitions are not intended to be used by healthcare providers for making a clinical diagnosis or determining how to meet an individual patient's health needs. (cdc.gov)
The World Health Organization declared the outbreak after two people were confirmed as having the disease. (wikipedia.org)
The suspected index case was a police officer, who died in a health center in the village of Ikoko-Impenge, near the market town of Bikoro in Équateur province, according to the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. (wikipedia.org)
By 23 May, there had been 5 reported cases in health-care workers, including two who died. (wikipedia.org)
To characterize the preexistent seroprevalence of hantavirus antibodies among some persons in the area of the outbreak, serum samples collected in 1991 and 1992 as part of the Navajo Health and Nutrition Survey (CDC, unpublished data, 1991) were tested. (cdc.gov)
continued reporting of malaria cases to jurisdictional health departments and CDC will also help ensure robust surveillance to detect and prevent autochthonous malaria in the United States. (medscape.com)
Two datasets were employed for our analysis - a line listing of confirmed cases obtained from conventional public health information channels, and case information from Weibo posts. (who.int)
In some cases, your health care provider may decide to postpone hepatitis A vaccination until a future visit. (medlineplus.gov)

Among the key outbreak response measures that have helped turn the tide against the outbreak is early detection and reporting of cases at community level. (who.int)
For instance, WHO and other humanitarian partners have supported the Ministry to develop a national cholera preparedness and response plan, outlining the most urgent response interventions required, while scaling up surveillance and active case-finding in hotspot areas. (who.int)
There is still an opportunity to limit the spread and impact of the outbreak by intensifying response interventions, including improving water and sanitation quality. (who.int)
In response, countries are taking preemptive measures to prevent a major outbreak. (vox.com)
The United Nations voiced alarm Tuesday at the human rights implications of North Korea's response to the massive coronavirus outbreak in the country. (ndtv.com)
Leader Kim Jong Un has ordered nationwide lockdowns to try and slow the spread of the disease through the country's unvaccinated population, and deployed the military after what he has called a botched response to the outbreak. (ndtv.com)
Singapore moved its disease outbreak response up a level to orange on Feb 7 as the coronavirus spread further within the country. (straitstimes.com)
SINGAPORE - Singapore moved its disease outbreak response up a level to orange on Friday (Feb 7) as the coronavirus spread further within the country, with three new cases announced of unknown origin, including a junior college teacher . (straitstimes.com)
The heightened response comes as the ministry announced three new cases on Friday - all are Singaporeans not linked to any earlier clusters, and who had not been to China recently. (straitstimes.com)
Turkey has not reported any new outbreaks recently, but authorities have been busy vaccinating vulnerable animals in response to previous outbreaks. (thebeefsite.com)
The response to this outbreak requires an urgent injection of funding and a large supply of vaccines to ensure we can contain it, and to save children's lives. (savethechildren.net)
A qualitative review of the functions of Weibo also revealed that Weibo enabled near-to-real-time monitoring of other outbreak-relevant information, provided access to additional crowdsourced epidemiological information, and was leveraged as an interactive platform for risk communication and sensing of public sentiments on the policy response by the local government. (who.int)

Large outbreaks have happened in settings where people have intense or frequent close contact, like college campuses, close-knit communities, and large gatherings. (cdc.gov)

ABUJA, 29 September - A staggering 7,202 cases of diphtheria, a highly contagious bacterial infection that can be fatal without treatment, were confirmed in Nigeria last week, with cases skyrocketing in recent months and children severely affected, said Save the Children. (savethechildren.net)
Currently only 42% of children under 15 in Nigeria are fully protected from diphtheria, and in this most recent outbreak, 80% of the confirmed cases have been found to be people who are unvaccinated. (savethechildren.net)
There is presently a resurgence of diphtheria outbreaks in Nigeria. (who.int)

Accounting for 86% of the total cholera cases countrywide, it is important for the district to find out what the source of the infection is, whether it is environmental or due to individual or household risk factors. (who.int)
The second wave of cases, which began in October but rapidly increased last month, reached 165 with the new reports, compared with last spring's total of 136. (umn.edu)
The infections boost the 2013-14 outbreak total to 301 cases, according to a running tally compiled by the FluTrackers infectious disease news message board. (umn.edu)
That total in less than a year appears to be unprecedented for human cases of avian flu. (umn.edu)
The 82 number is the highest daily figure in the outbreak so far and brings the total number of cases to 429 - 415 in Auckland and 14 in Wellington. (nzherald.co.nz)
A total of 59 residents have tested positive for the disease and eight have had suspected cases. (cpr.org)
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are a total of 26,864 confirmed cases. (gaytimes.co.uk)
That brings the total to 158,256 cases since early last year. (straight.com)
no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada, with nine total active cases. (straight.com)
As of today, there are a total of 11 active outbreaks in healthcare facilities. (straight.com)
The numbers bring the territory's total COVID-19 count to 136, plus one probable case. (yukon-news.com)
In total, two of today's five cases are close contacts in quarantine, one is linked to an exposure site and two are under investigation. (9news.com.au)
A total of 825 children connected to the outbreak have been cleared to return to daycare. (ctvnews.ca)
Dengue infections in Delhi increased significantly on Monday, too, bringing the seven-day total of positive cases to 129. (weather.com)

And the latest outbreak has disrupted Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's first overseas trip since the pandemic. (nzherald.co.nz)
Covid-19 modeller Rodney Jones, who has advised the Government on the pandemic, said that if cases were peaking above 80 a day then it was likely the country would have a "terrible week" for cases next week. (nzherald.co.nz)
Early in the pandemic in March, according to the CDC, 53 members of a Skagit County, Washington, church choir who participated in a March 10 practice had a confirmed or probably case of the coronavirus. (fox47news.com)
Early epidemiological assessment of the virulence of emerging infectious diseases: a case study of an influenza pandemic. (eurosurveillance.org)

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam has been battling raging dengue fever outbreaks with more than 10,000 new infections reported over the past week stretching its medical system. (apnews.com)
The ministry attributed the rise of dengue outbreaks to higher temperature, more rains and rapid urbanization that promote the breeding of virus-carrying mosquitoes. (apnews.com)
Prof Kauser Usman, senior faculty at King George's Medical University, said: 'The next ten days are crucial as far as dengue is concerned, as cases may rise considerably. (weather.com)

Eight of today's cases were reported from Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces, and the brisk pace of cases from those more southern provinces is driving most of the H7N9 activity in the second wave of infections. (umn.edu)
Guangdong province reported three case-patients, the 4-year-old girl who is in stable condition, and two men, ages 52 and 76, both of whom died from their infections. (umn.edu)
Though small by global standards, the new outbreaks are putting pressure on China's "dynamic clearance" strategy aimed at minimising Covid-19 infections, with the highly infectious Omicron variant penetrating the country's defences. (khaleejtimes.com)

Elsewhere, Jiangsu province reported one new case, in a 59-year-old woman who is in critical condition, as well as the H7N9 death of a previously confirmed case, believed to be a 76-year-old man whose illness was first reported in January. (umn.edu)
We carried out in-depth analysis on the use of a popular Chinese social networking and microblogging site, Sina Weibo, in the monitoring of the avian influenza A(H7N9) outbreak in China, to assess the value of social networking sites in disease surveillance and control. (who.int)

The latest update by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency showed that the record one-day count on Tuesday raised the nationwide caseload to 193,427 as the country battles the fourth wave of the outbreak. (turkishpress.com)
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Just one new case of Legionnaires' disease was reported Tuesday in southeast Poland in an area close to the Ukraine border, an indication the spread of the disease has been curbed following chlorine disinfection of the water system. (kxan.com)
Three cases have been reported in California as of Monday, the largest number other than Florida, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . (yahoo.com)
Though many outbreaks are now under control, some facilities have struggled to get a handle on the disease. (cpr.org)
Even if a disease is eliminated, outbreaks can still occur if an unvaccinated person travels to or from a country where the disease is still common, becomes infected and brings it back to the United States, introducing the virus into a community. (localnews8.com)
Adjusting for delay from confirmation to death, we estimated case and infection fatality ratios (CFR, IFR) for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the Diamond Princess ship as 2.6% (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.89-6.7) and 1.3% (95% CI: 0.38-3.6), respectively. (eurosurveillance.org)
DERNA, Libya (AP) - Authorities have divided Libya's flood-stricken city of Derna into four sections to create buffers in case of disease outbreaks, the prime minister of Libya's eastern administration said Tuesday, a day after thousands of angry protesters demanded the city's rapid reconstruction. (fox2now.com)
The United Nations had warned on Monday that a disease outbreak could create "a second devastating crisis. (fox2now.com)
Three in every four confirmed cases - or 73.6% of all cases - are of children under 14, with those aged between 5-14 years bearing the brunt of the disease. (savethechildren.net)
In the United States, evidence of person-to-person disease transmission in multiple states and reports of clinical cases with some uncharacteristic features have raised concern that some cases are not being recognized and tested. (cdc.gov)
Since then, 65 cases have been identified in 18 states and territories and more than 1,600 have been identified in 35 countries and territories that do not have endemic disease. (cdc.gov)

This outbreak investigation has been completed. (cdc.gov)
This report updates the ongoing investigation of this outbreak. (cdc.gov)
Because the findings in this investigation have suggested a role for hantavirus infection, the surveillance case definition has been revised. (cdc.gov)

This is not connected to the salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupe, announced by the CDC on Friday, with one case recorded in California. (yahoo.com)

For updated case data please check Weekly Statistics from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) . (cdc.gov)
There are two exceptions: one case of botulism or chemical poisoning linked to a food item constitutes a notifiable outbreak. (cdc.gov)

It can be easily treated with timely oral rehydration or antibiotics for more severe cases," says Dr Abdinasir Abubakar, WHO Representative in Lebanon. (who.int)
In all four of those hospitalized cases, patients had underlying medical conditions that upped their odds for severe COVID-19, the researchers found. (healthday.com)
The coding system was set up after the 2003 Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) outbreak. (straitstimes.com)
Dr. Vu Minh Dien of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, where the most severe cases were being treated, said that 800-1,000 people have been checking in daily complaining of fever. (apnews.com)

Outbreak data is updated on the CDC dashboard every two weeks. (upi.com)
Of the 323 cumulative outbreaks thus far, 129 have been resolved, meaning that the facility went more than 28 days without a new case of COVID-19 and provided outbreak data to CDPHE. (cpr.org)
And it will allow us to get more data from jurisdictions so we can effectively track and attack this outbreak. (gaytimes.co.uk)
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi's data shows that 525 cases have been reported so far this monsoon season, which is the highest in the last four years. (weather.com)
Aim To estimate the infection and case fatality ratio of COVID-19, using data from passengers of the Diamond Princess cruise ship while correcting for delays between confirmation-and-death, and age-structure of the population. (medrxiv.org)

Most of these cases were in young adults and people who were vaccinated . (cdc.gov)
One outbreak involved over 3,000 people and mostly affected students who were part of a close-knit religious community in New York City and attended schools where they participated in close-contact activities. (cdc.gov)
The second outbreak involved about 500 people, mostly school-aged children, in the U.S. Territory of Guam . (cdc.gov)
Lusaka's six sub-districts all have active case finding teams made up of around 120 people. (who.int)
Separately, Chinese authorities have ruled out SARS, MERS and avian flu as the source of the mysterious viral pneumonia outbreak that has affected 59 people since Christmas Eve. (yahoo.com)
Statewide, new outbreaks of COVID-19 have occurred primarily in workplaces and public commercial facilities where people congregate. (cpr.org)
Three-quarters (74%) of those cases occurred among people who'd gotten their COVID vaccinations an average of almost three months before. (healthday.com)
In addition, the province reported today that there are 121 people in hospital with COVID-19, up 14 cases from 107 on August 18. (straight.com)
To date, four people here have been infected with the virus who have no known links to previous cases or travel history to China. (straitstimes.com)
No other areas of the site are affected by this outbreak, VGH remains a safe place to seek care, and people should not avoid seeking emergency care or attending appointments. (peacearchnews.com)
Addressing the people who live and work in the greater Killington area, Dr. Levine said that while an outbreak can cause anxiety within the community, people should know the department is working aggressively to contain further spread of the virus. (healthvermont.gov)
However, outbreaks of hepatitis A among unvaccinated people still happen. (medlineplus.gov)

France's cases were mostly identified through analytical surveillance rather than through clinical suspicion. (thebeefsite.com)

A confirmed case is now defined as unexplained adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or acute bilateral pulmonary interstitial infiltrates and/or prodromal symptoms in a person who had onset during 1993 and who has laboratory evidence of recent hantavirus infection. (cdc.gov)

In Shanghai, lockdown measures remained in place, while the city reported a record high combined number of cases for Sunday, 914 with symptoms and 25,173 without. (cnbc.com)
Guangzhou - capital of Guangdong, a manufacturing-heavy province - reported 27 new Covid cases for Sunday, including 9 without symptoms. (cnbc.com)
Other major cities across the country, including Xi'an and Chengdu in central China, and Suzhou and Nanjing closer to the coast, each reported less than 10 new cases with symptoms for Sunday. (cnbc.com)

The outbreak occurs as more than 150 British travelers to resorts in Cancun, Mexico picked up the parasite while vacationing and as Texas battles a Cyclospora outbreak for the fourth straight summer. (foodpoisoningbulletin.com)

The southeastern metropolis accounts for most of mainland China's new Covid cases. (cnbc.com)

The new cases have been growing in South Korea since July 7, when authorities reported the highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, was spreading. (turkishpress.com)
During that time, neighboring Uganda reported some cases that authorities said were linked to the outbreak in Congo. (wric.com)

Additionally, WHO is ensuring that proper clinical management practices, infection prevention and control, and cholera testing protocols are in place for the adequate referral of cases to the needed level of care. (who.int)
Preliminary laboratory findings have suggested this outbreak is associated with infection with a hantavirus or a closely related agent. (cdc.gov)
Since June 4, ribavirin has been available through an investigational new drug (IND) protocol to treat patients associated with this outbreak who have possible hanta-virus infection. (cdc.gov)
Chest x-rays may show evidence of prior or ongoing infection (in 40 to 50% of cases), and chest CT is positive in up to two thirds of cases. (msdmanuals.com)

The Springfield News-Sun reached out to Michael with additional questions regarding the outbreak and was told he had no additional comment. (springfieldnewssun.com)
The ministry said in a news release on Sunday (5 January) that "epidemiological investigations, clinical assessment and laboratory test results" on the Chinese national, who has a travel history to Wuhan, found no links to the mysterious outbreak. (yahoo.com)
Between September 25 and 26, about 419 new cases were reported across Sindh, with the majority registered in the provincial capital Karachi, Xinhua news agency said. (weather.com)
In addition, the reporting of new cases at Weibo was significantly faster than those of conventional reporting sites and news media. (who.int)

After battling a spike in Covid cases since late February, the northern province of Jilin - home to many automobile factories - has started to see a leveling out. (cnbc.com)

Although the vast majority of those are in mainland China, a handful of cases have also been confirmed in 12 other countries including: South Korea, Thailand, France, Australia, and Japan. (vox.com)
At the moment, more than 97 percent of confirmed cases are in mainland China. (vox.com)
As of Thursday, mainland China had recorded 140,651 confirmed symptomatic cases. (khaleejtimes.com)

Further laboratory studies have demonstrated the presence of hantavirus genome in autopsy specimens from two case-patients. (cdc.gov)
In the late spring and early summer of 1996, an outbreak affecting approximately 1450 individuals (70% laboratory confirmed) was described in Canada and the United States. (medscape.com)

What is CDC's role in responding to mumps cases and outbreaks? (cdc.gov)

Additional efforts to ensure more doses are ongoing given the rapid spread of the outbreak. (who.int)

BEIJING - Another major Chinese city has tightened Covid restrictions as the country struggles to contain a nationwide outbreak stretching from Shanghai in the southeast to the northern provinces. (cnbc.com)
University of Auckland Covid-19 modeller Shaun Hendy said the Government may need to look at tightening alert level-4 restrictions if the outbreak did not plateau soon. (nzherald.co.nz)

Every day, active case-finding teams visit households where cases have been reported to ensure that other potential cases are detected quickly, so preventing further transmission. (who.int)

There are 82 new Covid community cases and nearly 500 locations of interest as New Zealand enters day 12 of lockdown. (nzherald.co.nz)

AHS has traced the source of the E. coli outbreak to Fueling Minds, a central kitchen, but experts have not found the exact source of the contamination. (ctvnews.ca)
The cases are not yet confirmed positive for E. coli, but the facility is to remain closed until at least Monday. (ctvnews.ca)

The number of daily new Covid cases in Jilin has fallen from more than 1,000 or 2,000 a day, including asymptomatic ones, to several hundred a day. (cnbc.com)
The surrounding province of Hebei reported 100 new cases, all asymptomatic. (cnbc.com)

Of the 165 cases reported in the second wave, 125 have been reported from those two provinces: 73 from Zhejiang and 52 from Guangdong (see table below). (umn.edu)
The outbreaks were discovered in Podgorica and Herceg Novi provinces, and resulted in two out of the seven animals infected to be destroyed. (thebeefsite.com)

Anatomy1

Organisms39

Diseases64

Chemicals and Drugs11

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment32

Phenomena and Processes8

Disciplines and Occupations9

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena9

Technology, Industry, Agriculture15

Information Science5

Named Groups3

Health Care53

Geographicals38

202213

Ebola20

20234

20207

Measles17

Deaths17

Cholera outbreak3

COVID-19 Cases8

20193

Officials15

Democratic Repub1

20211

Recorded COVID-191

Source of the outbreak2

20162

Influenza outbreak2

Vaccine9

Coronavirus cases6

Monkeypox7

Foodborne2

Globally2

Nearly 3,0001

20184

Health57

Response12

Large gatherings1

Diphtheria3

Total14

Pandemic4

Dengue3

Infections3

H7N92

Disease11

Investigation3

Salmonella1

Notifiable2

Severe4

Data5

People12

Surveillance1

Respiratory1

Symptoms3

Battles1

China's1

Authorities2

Infection4

News4

Spike1

Mainland3

Laboratory2

CDC's1

Doses1

Restrictions2

Households1

Lockdown1

Coli2

Asymptomatic2

Provinces2