The pandemic likely disrupted the biannual pattern of infection.
The mysterious polio-like illness seems to cause outbreaks in the US every 2 years.
A new study in Nature Medicine offers the first clear evidence of enterovirus (EV) in the cerebrospinal fluids of patients with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) – a mysterious, polio-like illness that can cause paralysis in otherwise healthy children.
With 4 more cases recorded over the weekend and through today, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) now stands at 3,205 cases, including 2,142 deaths. Officials are still investigating 411 suspected cases.
In recent weeks, reports of new cases have slowed significantly, and transmission has shifted to rural villages in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
The agency says prompt reporting is key to help figure out the cause of the mysterious limb-weakening condition.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) recently recorded a new case of MERS-CoV in Riyadh in an epidemiologic week 18 update.
A 59-year-old man from Riyadh was diagnosed as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). The man's case is listed as "primary," meaning he likely did not contract the disease from someone else. It is unknown if he had recent contact with camels.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported another MERS-CoV case, marking the second recent case from Khafji in the country's northeast, according to its epidemiologic week 14 report.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today reported 47 more measles cases, raising the total since the first to the year to 206 cases in 11 states. For comparison, the CDC reported 372 cases for all of 2018, the most since 2014.
Affected states are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Washington.
According to updates posted this weekend and through today, Saudi Arabia has three more MERS-CoV cases, including two in Wadi ad-Dawasir.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today confirmed 9 new cases of the polio-like condition known as acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), boosting the 2018 numbers to 210. The agency also noted that 7 patients so far this year are under investigation for AFM.
