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The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reported 41,424 new cases of chikungunya in the Caribbean and Americas in a report dated Feb 20 but posted yesterday, with more than 33,000 of those cases in Colombia, bringing the outbreak total to 1,248,093.
The new total includes 1,217,093 suspected and 27,529 confirmed locally acquired cases and 3,471 imported cases of the mosquito-borne disease.
Two of China's provinces—Anhui and Guangdong—reported a total of three new H7N9 avian influenza cases today, according to separate health department reports.
UN funding is needed to cover its response activities in the region through 2015, with an urgent need to ramp up before the rainy season.
WHO statements emphasize the lack of answers as to why cases keep popping up.
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu has infected six additional patients in Egypt, one of them fatally, since the last report, according to the machine translation of an update from the country's Ministry of Health posted yesterday by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board, continuing the uptick in cases there in recent weeks.
The number of US measles cases since Jan 1 has reached at least 154, an increase of 13 in the past week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its weekly update, and 118 of those cases are linked to Disneyland in California.
The hospitalization rate in the elderly sets another record, and the CDC reports 6 new flu-related deaths in kids.
The new antigen test gives results in 15 minutes instead of the 12 to 24 hours needed for nucleic acid tests, and a report discusses a winning strategy in Liberia.
A new case of MERS-CoV and one death in a previously reported case bring totals since June 2012 to 900 and 383, respectively, in Saudi Arabia, according to a report today from the country's Ministry of Health (MOH).
An international team of experts says, in effect, "Don't be so sure" about Ebola not spreading by air.
To prevent cholera, chlorination programs have been launched in 107 of 500 rural water systems in Haiti.
The recent rise in MERS-CoV activity continues in Saudi Arabia, with two new cases reported by the country's Ministry of Health (MOH) today, along with five deaths and two recoveries in previously reported cases.
Phylogenetic analysis of H5N8 and H5N2 avian flu strains from wild waterfowl and a captive gyrfalcon in northwestern states in December showed high similarity with Eurasian avian flu lineages, according to a study yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The outbreak nations reported 128 new cases last week, lifting the total to 23,218, including 9,365 deaths.
An additional case of H7N9 avian flu in China's Guangdong province has been reported to Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP), according to a machine-translated statement posted today by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
A new case of MERS-CoV and three deaths in previously reported cases bring totals since June 2012 to 897 and 377, respectively in Saudi Arabia, according to a report today from the country's Ministry of Health (MOH).
The $5 million initiative for rural Guinea pairs Ebola prevention messages with help for farmers.
An expert panel lays out a host of recommendations, including advice on current clinical trials.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that 141 measles cases have been reported so far this year, an increase of 20 since the agency's previous update on Feb 9.
Most of the cases—113 (80%)—are part of a multistate outbreak that originated with exposures at Disneyland, the CDC said. (The update does not name Disneyland, instead referring to it as an amusement park in California.)
As a recent surge in cases continues, the WHO announces it is sending help.
