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Lessons learned can improve Zika response and US readiness for the next threat, experts said.
In Portugal, 11 human samples tested positive, and in Brazil the isolates were from poultry not given polymyxins.
An outbreak of Escherichia coli O121 linked to General Mills flour has grown by 4 cases, to 42, and the company has expanded its recall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison report that a harmless bacterium called Wolbachia pipientis prevents transmission of the Zika virus by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The research was published today in the journal Scientific Reports and offers hope that Wolbachia could be a cost-effective weapon against Zika.
A large series reveals some brain damage in babies with normal head size.
Both a promising vaccine and mass distribution of repellents failed to protect.
The test checks patient specimens for the presence of 5 different genetic markers.
Yellow fever continues to sweep across border areas between Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the World Health Organization's (WHO's) weekly yellow fever situation report.
A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health indicates that a clinical decision tree can be used to determine whether a patient with bacteremia has been infected by extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria, which are more difficult to treat due to antibiotic resistance.
In the study, 4 of 5 pregnancies had poor outcomes, with 2 maternal deaths.
Patients with severe disease had high viral levels and extreme immune-system overreaction that led to destruction of healthy tissues.
Candida auris has caused deadly hospital infections in several nations since 2009.
Nigeria's agriculture ministry yesterday reported an H5N1 avian flu outbreak at a commercial farm in Lagos state, and authorities in China said H5N1 has been detected in lions at a zoo in Hubei province.
The human papillomavirus (HPV) 16/18 vaccine (Cervarix) is safe and effective when administered to older adult women after 7 years of follow-up. That's the takeaway from the VIVIANE study, which tracked 10,000 women worldwide who received the vaccine after the age of 26.
Key findings in the monkey study were protection against later infection and that infections in pregnant animals lasted much longer.
Senate Democrats derail a $1.1 billion Zika funding bill over objections to attached measures.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new MERS cases today, and a death in a previously reported patient. The new patients and the deceased were elderly Saudi men who were not healthcare workers.
Also, HHS announces support of vaccine development and capacity.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported three new MERS-CoV cases over the weekend, an uptick after few new cases were reported last week. At least one patient is linked to an ongoing outbreak at King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh.
Other reports noted detections in hospital patients, sick chickens, and retail meat samples.
