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New cases continue, especially in western Sierra Leone.
Most healthcare-associated infections—such as MRSA and C diff—have gone down, but not all.
A 65-year-old woman from the city of Asyut in central Egypt has died as a result of complications from H5N1 avian flu, according to a report today from Egypt's news agency Al-Ahram. She is the country's second H5N1-related fatality this year.
Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population announced the woman's death today and also reported that a 3-year-old boy from the northern town of Beheira has recovered from H5N1.
Note: The measles item was corrected on Jan 15, because the female traveler who had measles was mistakenly called the index patient. We apologize for the error.
Two new cases of MERS-CoV were recorded today by the country's Ministry of Health (MOH), the first since Jan 8, bringing the total for this year to 10 for the country and the total since June 2012 to 835.
The current spurt of cases might be caused by increased circulation of H5N1 in poultry and other factors.
Sierra Leone burial practices likely helped fuel ongoing virus transmission.
Not surprisingly, the entire Northern Hemisphere is seeing increasing influenza activity, with H3N2 most common, but unfortunately in an antigenically drifted strain not well matched to the strain in this year's vaccine, according to an update yesterday from the World Health Organization (WHO).
California officials confirmed 7 more cases of measles linked to Disney theme parks in California, bringing the total to 26 cases reported in four states, the Associated Press (AP) reported today.
The new cases include 6 in California and 1 in Washington. Three of the California cases were reported yesterday in San Bernardino County and Long Beach.
H5N8 in Taiwan leads a long list of outbreaks in Asia, Europe, North America, and Africa.
Interim report lays out 14 principles to guide the process of providing vaccines.
Recent global health emergencies like Ebola outbreak have shone a spotlight on WHO limits to quickly respond.
Oman has confirmed its second MERS-CoV case of the year—and its fourth overall—apparently in a contact of the most recent MERS patient, who has now died, according to media reports.
Six additional human cases of H5N1 avian flu have been reported by Egypt's health ministry, three on Jan 9 and three more yesterday, according to stories from Ahram Online, part of the country's largest news organization, which brings the total so far this year to 10.
The CDC said today doctors too often fail to use antivirals for high-risk flu patients.
High-level meeting in Geneva says large phase 3 trials in West Africa to test efficacy and safety are next up.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today approved a meningococcal vaccine for infants in sub-Saharan Africa that has already proved successful in older children and young adults along the continent's "meningitis belt," the agency said in a news release.
Also, Washington state takes steps to curb H5N2 outbreaks in backyard flocks.
UN officials meet with local leaders in Liberian hot spot.
AFM cases now total 103, while EV-D68 cases have reached 1,153, including 13 deaths.
December disease reports from China's Fujian and Jiangsu provinces revealed 10 more H7N9 avian influenza infections, none of them fatal, according to reports in Chinese identified, translated, and posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
Fujian province reported six of the cases and Jiangsu province reported four. No other details were available about the cases, other than that none were fatal.
