Health News Summary: Kerala battles 'rat fever' outbreak; another case of African swine fever in China

Following is a summary of current health news briefs.

Sanofi wins European approval for rare blood-clotting disorder treatment

French drugmaker Sanofi on Monday said it had secured approval in Europe for a rare blood-clotting disorder treatment using nanobodies. The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) in June had recommended the approval of caplacizumab, which is to be prescribed to adults suffering acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP).

Indian state battles 'rat fever' outbreak after worst floods in a century

The southern Indian state of Kerala is battling an outbreak of a bacterial disease that authorities suspect has killed dozens of people since mid-August after the worst flooding in a century. A health ministry spokesman said as of Sunday there had been nearly 200 confirmed cases of what is locally called rat fever - the waterborne disease leptospirosis transmitted via the urine of infected animals, with symptoms including muscle pain and fever.

China reports second case of African swine fever in Xuancheng city, Anhui province

A new case of African swine fever has been confirmed in eastern China's Anhui province, said the country's agriculture ministry on Monday, a second outbreak of the disease in Xuancheng city. The latest outbreak, the seventh in the country since early August, killed 83 pigs and infected another 152 on a farm with 308 pigs, said the ministry.

China confirms sixth African swine fever outbreak in the country

China's Ministry of Agriculture said on Sunday that 134 hogs had died from African swine fever in Xuancheng city of eastern Anhui province, bringing the total number of outbreaks in China over the past month to six. Xuancheng city is around 70 km (45 miles) southeast of Wuhu city, where another African swine fever case in Anhui was reported last week.

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