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Aug 23, 2013

Aug 23, 2013

Global MERS count tops 100 with latest from Saudi Arabia

The country's Ministry of Health reports three more cases, although total counts from various sources are conflicting.

Aug 23, 2013

News Scan for Aug 23, 2013

Global HCW hand hygiene
West Nile cases rise
H9N2 mutations
Cyclospora total grows
FDA warns about third-party lab

Aug 22, 2013

Aug 22, 2013

Saudis cite 2 more MERS cases; Italian cluster profiled

New cases and a death in the Riyadh region were reported, as well as in a man in Florence who apparently transmitted MERS to a niece and co-worker.

Aug 22, 2013

News Scan for Aug 22, 2013

Filariasis prevention, control
Ameba drug now available
Promising Ebola drug
Cholera in Cuba
Aug 22, 2013

Food Outbreak Scan for Aug 22, 2013

Cyclospora update
New case of cheese-linked Listeria

Aug 21, 2013

Aug 21, 2013

MERS-CoV found in bat; hunt for other sources goes on

Strong evidence that a bat from Saudi Arabia is the virus's natural reservoir.

Aug 21, 2013

H7N9 analysis finds another H7 virus threat

New research finds more clues on how H7N9, along with a previously unknown H7N7 virus that has the capacity to infect mammals, evolved.

Aug 21, 2013

News Scan for Aug 21, 2013

Cyclospora cases in 2 more states
More human H5N1 in Cambodia
High-path H7N7 in Italy

Aug 20, 2013

Aug 20, 2013

CDC funding helps states boost disease detection

The CDC today announced $75 million in grants to help states and cities respond to infectious disease threats.

Aug 20, 2013

Nationwide Salmonella outbreak linked to New Mexico poultry hatchery

New Mexico health officials have pinpointed the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has so far sickened 316 people in 37 states.

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