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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).
A meta-analysis by German researchers yielded the conclusion that healthcare personnel (HCP) faced about twice as high a risk of H1N1 infection as other groups during the 2009 influenza pandemic, says a report published yesterday in PLoS One.
Situation "continues to be serious and requires sustained control measures," though.
Other new reports detail co-infections with other mosquito-borne viruses and fatal encephalitis.
With new cases reported, federal and global health officials decry shortages in response funding.
A study in Liberia has produced more evidence of persistence of the Ebola virus in semen after patients' recovery from the disease, with some of them still testing positive more than a year after recovery and greater age indicated as a possible risk factor.
A new UK study has found that dentists prescribe fewer antibiotics to their patients after receiving a report on their past prescribing habits.
An E coli isolate resistant to both colistin and carbapenem antibiotics has been found in a US hospital patient.
Researchers describe congenital hearing loss associated with Zika in infants born with microcephaly.
Rates of multidrug resistance in Salmonella seroptype I 4,[5],12:i:- have tripled.
Quinolones are no longer recommended for gonorrhea because of widespread resistance.
Blood serum from rhesus monkeys that had survived Ebola virus (EBOV) infection offered little protection to other rhesus monkeys that were treated with the serum several days after exposure to the virus, according to an Aug 28 report in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
For the first time in its history, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a policy paper recommending against all non-medical vaccine expeditions for school-age children. While medical exemptions are still valid, the AAP is asking states to eliminate non-medical exemptions—including for religious or personal beliefs.
Also, another diagnostic test received an EUA and a vaccine trial launched in Puerto Rico.
Experts say resistance, though not a huge concern, is on the rise among pets.
Scientists saw potential in some existing drugs and showed that mosquitoes can pass the virus to their offspring.
The proportion of pediatricians facing parents who refuse to vaccinate their children has grown markedly in recent years, to 87% according to a new survey from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published today in Pediatrics.
An international team of researchers is reporting the first case of the colistin-resistance gene MCR-1 on the Arabian Peninsula.
No new local cases were reported in Florida for a second day, and studies revealed more on sexual transmission risks in asymptomatic infections, GBS patterns in Puerto Rico, and early problems for infected babies.
In another MERS development, Saudi Arabia's health ministry announced an illness in a man from Taif whose exposure is under investigation.
