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Brucella suis Infection in Cardiac Implantable Device of Man Exposed to Feral Swine Meat, Florida, USA

Scientists Identify Henipavirus in Northern Short-Tailed Shrew, Alabama, USA; Henipaviruses are Associated with High Case Fatality Rate (40-75%)

Study finds contemporary H5N1 virus doesn't significantly induce interferon-stimulated genes compared to historic virus, resulting in mild disease.

Study finds Lyme Disease cases to be 7 times higher in US high incidence areas than previously thought

CDC Travel Health Notices

Rising evidence that leprosy has become endemic in Southeastern United States

Booster doses among adults in the USA.

CDC reports Monkeypox in a man who traveled to US from UK and had no sexual contact

Spain monkeypox report shows cases have occurred mainly among men who have had sex with men (MSM) in high-risk sexual contexts

36% of Covid patients never make antibodies

SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant infected 16 fully Pfizer vaccinated Guiana gold miners

New research published in the CDC's Emerging Infectious Diseases journal identified RNA from SARS-CoV-2 in a specimen collected from a child in Milan, Italy in early December 2019, nearly three months before the first identified COVID-19 disease case in Italy.

Researchers identify new Rickettsia bacteria species in dogs

Wearing masks throughout the period of exposure to someone infected with SARS-CoV-2 was associated with lower risk for infection, but wearing masks only sometimes during the period was not

Effectiveness of Cloth Masks for Protection Against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

Children 1–2 years of age might be effective SARS-CoV-2 spreaders

Four persons with COVID-19 infection traveled on the same flight from to Hong Kong

A single passenger spread Covid-19 to 15 other people aboard a flight from London to Hanoi, Vietnam, according to a study published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

New CDC study provides evidence of asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19 on an airplane. Masks should be worn during the flight

Older Children, 10-19, Spread the Coronavirus Just as Much as Adults, Large Study Finds.

An asymptomatic COVID-19 superspreader in China generated a cluster of >71 cases, finds CDC study

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can remain infective in aerosol for up to 16 hours according to a new study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases

Attack rate of 26% found for SARS-CoV-2 in gyms in South Korea

In a CDC health insurance claims analysis, persons who used cannabis were 3.5 (95% CI 2.6–4.8) times more likely to have a fungal infection in 2016.

CDC: Covid-19 Outbreak Associated with Air Conditioning in Restaurant

High Contagiousness and Rapid Spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

Simple Respiratory Mask (T-shirt fabric)

Resurgence of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in Venezuela as a Regional Public Health Threat in the Americas

A new prion disease has been discovered in Algerian camels

Two Infants with Presumed Congenital Zika Syndrome, Brownsville, Texas, USA, 2016–2017

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