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Antibiotic-resistant strains reach a low point since testing began, but the agency notes some worrisome findings.
A report by CBS's 60 Minutes yesterday alleged that the US company Halyard Health for years sold surgical gowns that it knew were defective, putting healthcare workers at risk for bloodborne infections. In a press release today, the company strongly denied the allegations
Chinese officials have reported another human case of H7N9 avian flu, according to a post yesterday on FluTrackers, an infectious disease message board.
The infection involves a 58-year-old man from Laizhou, a city in China's eastern coastal province of Shandong. He is currently hospitalized in critical condition, government information translated by FluTrackers noted.
Also, the first US Zika death was reported and local transmission was announced in St. Barthelemy.
Federal inspection records obtained by Food Safety News (FSN) show that Dole kept a salad processing plant in Ohio operating for about 18 months after finding Listeria contamination there, until an outbreak was traced to the facility in January of this year.
A case-study series from the Pew Charitable Trusts profiles the impact of antibiotic stewardship programs, which also include cost savings.
Case numbers increased in US territories, as did travel-linked ones on the mainland, and little changed last week at the global level.
An analysis of flu activity in tropical regions found eight zones that had similar patterns, which might be helpful for guiding flu vaccination timing and formulation, a team led by World Health Organization (WHO) experts reported yesterday in the Public Library of Science (PLoS) One.
Six measles cases have been confirmed in the Memphis, Tenn., area, according to news services and health officials, signaling what is apparently the largest US measles outbreak since more than 100 cases were linked to Disney theme parks in California early in 2015.
The White House is stepping up calls for Congress to pass $1.9 billion in emergency funding.
The authors suggest that a focused monitoring program could help fill gaps.
The global economic burden of a disease that kills 200,000 annually is a staggering $60 billion a year.
Asymptomatic migratory birds may play a role in geographic dissemination as well as facilitate the viral evolution and reassortment of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza, Chinese researchers reported yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The report showed some weak spots, including a persistent and varied gap in readiness among states.
A cell-culture study shows that earlier dengue illness might boost Zika severity; also, HHS announces $5 million in Puerto Rico aid.
Flu vaccine might produce a stronger immune response in older adults when administered in the morning versus the afternoon, according to a study published today in Vaccine.
NewLink Genetics Corporation announced yesterday that it had received $21.6 million in federal funding to continue developing its vesicular stomatitis virus–Ebola virus (VSV-EBOV) vaccine candidate.
The WHO's overview of recent Saudi cases shows familiar exposure patterns.
Also, researchers report that the virus was circulating in Haiti in late 2014.
Global public health initiatives have cut malaria cases 37% and malaria deaths 60% since 2000 and led to other notable progress against the mosquito-borne disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in a new report and press release to commemorate World Malaria Day.
