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Global malaria-control efforts since 2000 have saved an estimated 3.3 million lives and reduced global mortality rates by 45%, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its "World Malaria Report 2013," released today.
Three environmental samples from live-poultry markets in Shenzhen, China, have tested positive for H7N9 avian flu virus, the South China Morning Post reported today. Two recent cases in Hong Kong have been linked to Shenzhen.
Officials discovered the virus after collecting 70 samples at 13 live-bird markets throughout the city.
The WHO confirms four cases as scientists assess risks based on genetic monitoring and lab tests.
Narrow-spectrum antibiotics were associated with a 10-hour shorter hospital stay compared with broad-spectrum therapy for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children—an 18% drop—according to a multicenter retrospective cohort study yesterday in Pediatrics.
Officials detail poultry exposures for recent cases and reveal a family connection in two of them.
The biggest push to vaccinate children in seven Middle Eastern countries against polio starts this week, with a goal of reaching 23 million kids in Syria and neighboring nations, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today. The campaign aims to reach all children under age 5 over the next few months, whether they live at home or in displaced populations.
Hong Kong detects a second imported H7N9 case, while mainland China reports another.
Influenza activity in the United States edged slightly higher during Thanksgiving week.
California researchers say they have determined that a mosquito neuron that detects human breath also detects human skin odors, and they report the discovery of two compounds that may reduce the insects' ability to zero in on humans.
Recent cases don't change the nation's status but can threaten health security, the CDC said.
An exhaustive 2-year effort gives the US an overall score of 7.2 out of 10.
Saudi Arabia's health ministry today announced two more Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections, one of which appears to be in a health worker with an asymptomatic infection who had contact with a confirmed case, according to a machine-translation of a statement posted on the ministry's Web site.
Flu vaccination coverage among US patients with asthma was almost 50% in the 2010-11 season, fully 12 percentage points higher than among those without asthma, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Plan aims to streamline inspections and give inspectors more flexibility.
The WHO's emergency committee decided not to call MERS a public health emergency at this point.
Testing has confirmed that a fourth undergraduate student has been infected in a meningococcal disease outbreak involving the less common serogroup B at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), according to a Dec 2 statement from the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department (SBCPHD). All four students were sickened within 3 weeks in November.
Authorities are monitoring incoming travelers for disease and have quarantined 17 close contacts of the first H7N9 avian flu patient identified in Hong Kong, its Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said today in a statement.
Findings include risky handling of ground beef and chicken and poor shipping of leafy greens.
The US flu season is picking up, and 2009 H1N1 is the dominant strain so far.
The United States has committed up to $5 billion for global efforts to fight AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria over the next 3 years, representing a $1 billion increase over the last 3-year pledge, said a PR Newswire release yesterday.
