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OUTBREAKS AND HEALTH THREATS CIDRAP: With 101 New Cases, US Measles Total Tops 2,500 With 101 newly confirmed measles cases nationwide, the US total has now reached 2,566 this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its weekly update. This is the second straight week of about 100 new cases after previous weeks’ totals of about half that. Most this week’s cases are in Pennsylvania, though Ohio also saw a substantial increase. (Wappes, 8/14) https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/101-new-cases-us-measles-total-tops-2500?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--ma5RTILWnZjIClkcphT9f3SgQqQGlsVXxoD6KoENT88QnGy9LLwpRejBsJckQv8G7VU33vUiRljsFqvf59T-PjiWZXA&_hsmi=433530189&utm_content=433530189&utm_source=hs_email CIDRAP: FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization For Another New World Screwworm Treatment The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday granted emergency use authorization for Simparica Trio as another potential treatment New World screwworm (NWS) infestations in puppies and dogs. This is the latest medication with emergency approval for NWS in canines after the agency approved nitenpyram for dogs and cats in June. The FDA noted the scientific evidence indicates the benefits of Simparica Trio outweigh its risks. (Holohan, 8/14) https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/new-world-screwworm/fda-grants-emergency-use-authorization-another-new-world-screwworm-treatment?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--7_1VgGIkX8OVkC6ddnuAIfT6d5jbEIQGUJadA98DU17vcczGMaUeCAtcvtzRYnYYA54rvLD_hBYFBEi2WxMqrj2hh-Q&_hsmi=433530189&utm_content=433530189&utm_source=hs_email CIDRAP: Lyme Disease Is Spreading Into Southern Appalachia, Increasing The Need For Public Education Lyme disease is expanding into southern Appalachia, and a town in the Blue Ridge Mountains appears to be on the edge of this growing territory. In an analysis yesterday in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 76.9% of the blacklegged (deer) ticks collected (Boden, 8/14) https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/lyme-disease/lyme-disease-spreading-southern-appalachia-increasing-need-public-education?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9kGzVuwWVXJkXgTWhGyRqv79--fzyqIz2uECinXb399v8C-K1WbMgRafOK-pBLxmwA1G9pi7jY-DzaF6WO4kieC5ywNg&_hsmi=433530189&utm_content=433530189&utm_source=hs_email AP: Surveillance System Struggles In Eastern Congo As Ebola Outbreak Spreads Every day, community health worker Gédéon Banga Ngbape and his team fan out across communities in eastern Congo looking for people who may have crossed paths with the country’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.The workers investigate dozens of alerts, search for those exposed to suspected or confirmed cases and try to get anyone showing symptoms into care before the virus spreads further. (Same Bagalwa and Banchereau, 8/15) https://apnews.com/article/congo-ebola-contact-tracing-surveillance-workers-57c20999e2acfb4e8e3ea576078d063d?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_nHF6fPFoLjAGwxCUYFKjGRvJim7cgJd2M_PeN00nP4bpiIdz11badMCZN_aPequW4DWGoQJKSWzXtHd6o06u_FXsX_A&_hsmi=433530189&utm_content=433530189&utm_source=hs_email