Disease

Measles - Sierra Leone

The Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation has confirmed a new outbreak of measles with 19 confirmed cases registered in the Koinadugu north of the country. There is a high risk of the disease spreading beyond Sierra Leone because the affected district lies on the border with Guinea.

Cyclospora - USA

In a follow-up on the Cyclospora outbreak in the upper-Midwest, health officials from both Wisconsin and Minnesota are reporting increases in cases of the parasitic infection.

In Wisconsin, the bulk of the 98 Cyclospora cases reported this year have been in the past couple weeks. Health officials say dozens of cases are being reported daily and interviews with recently reported patients may not yet be completed.

In Minnesota, state health officials have identified two outbreaks together involving at least three dozen Minnesotans.