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The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) today awarded $21.8 million to support 42 states over 5 years in implementing the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) produce safety rule.
Also, Singapore said it's not clear yet if the Asian strain involved in its local spread will result in the severe complications.
Recommendations focus on reducing ag antibiotic use, improving surveillance, and boosting public health.
The US government is awarding $20 million in prizes for innovative ideas for the development of rapid, point-of-care diagnostic lab tests to quickly identify antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a National Institutes of Health (NIH) press release today.
Also, Miami Beach is planning for aerial spraying, while an mRNA vaccine gets funding.
Experts say screening at-risk adults for latent TB likely yields moderate benefits.
A yearlong investigation by Reuters alleges that thousands of US deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections are going uncounted because federal and state health agencies are doing a poor job of tracking them.
Also today, research highlighted eye infections in mice and brain injury in human babies.
The PATH Act would establish a new "limited population antibacterial drug approval pathway."
A new study out of England has found antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli bacteria in nearly a quarter of pig and poultry meat samples purchased at UK supermarkets.
The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of MERS-CoV in Riyadh today. The case is not connected to a previously reported outbreak at King Khalid University Hospital in that city.
Seven factors could help reduce the use of antibiotics in children who have acute respiratory infections.
Also, the CDC announced $2.4 million to help large cities detect and manage birth defects, and researchers revealed possible differences in brain cell infections between the 2 Zika lineages.
The FDA said certain ingredients were no more effective in killing germs than plain soap and water.
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Investigators with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today describe a small cluster of the worrisome "superbug" known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) at two Wisconsin hospitals in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Local and US health officials today reported that 25 people in Southern California have contracted meningitis C, most of them men who have sex with men (MSM).
Spain has reported its first two cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF)—one of them fatal—a tick-borne viral disease that is found in eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and much of Asia.
Also, the WHO said samples from Guinea-Bissau are part of the African lineage, not the Americas one.
The findings may explain infection in people who don't have direct bird contact.
Two new studies present an alarming picture of the potential reach of Zika and its complex clinical presentation.
