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Though non-invasive contact with Ebola survivors poses little risk, contact with semen, ocular humor, and cerebrospinal fluid requires precautions.
Cambodia, Ghana, and Indonesia report H5N1, and Italy notes its 2nd H7N7 event this month.
No new MERS-CoV cases have been reported today, but the World Health Organization (WHO) has posted information on the case reported recently from Qatar as well as details of several previously reported cases from Saudi Arabia.
In addition, Germany notes its first case of sexual transmission, and Argentina reports its first local cases.
Ending a 9-day stretch with no new cases, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday reported a MERS-CoV infection in a 72-year-old man from Hail in the north central part of the country, according to an MOH notification.
The man is in stable condition, and an investigation into the source of his illness found that he had contact with camels before he got sick.
Initiatives are aimed to further knowledge of the microbiome's benefit to human life and planetary function.
The patient was hospitalized with an H1N2v infection but has recovered, the CDC said, adding that 3 more kids have died from flu.
$25 million is available to help states and territories fight Zika virus.
DRC and Uganda are set to mobilize almost 3 million vaccine doses.
A Salmonella outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts that sickened 26 people in 12 states appears to be over, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in a final notice about the event.
Also, Chinese researchers noted more findings from infected fetal mice showing extensive damage in developing brains., and US funding efforts made some strides.
The agency warned clinicians that the serious side effects outweigh the benefits for simple infections.
Following the development of a rapid diagnostic test for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) strains, the World Health Organization (WHO) today recommended a shorter treatment regimen for patients with uncomplicated MDR-TB infections.
A meta-analysis of the influenza literature indicates that there is no consistent or typical figure for the percentage of flu infections that are asymptomatic, which adds to the difficulty of responding to outbreaks, according to a new report from Australian and British researchers published in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Study results show the virus crosses the placenta and extensively damages fetal brains, and the outbreak strain in the Americas appears worse than in Africa.
Study finds household contamination may increase the risk of recurrence.
As part of the effort to preserve medically important antimicrobials, pharmaceutical companies will henceforward be required to report sales of antimicrobial drugs for food animals by species, not just overall totals, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday.
An undisclosed number of labs operated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been cited for serious biosecurity violations six times since 2003, and a CDC lab in Fort Collins, Colo., was suspended for lab safety breaches, the agency admitted for the first time to USA Today yesterday.
The new guidance offers clinicians a longer period for testing for Zika virus during the acute illness phase.
Angola, the hardest-hit country, has 2,267 suspected cases and 292 deaths.
