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A team of Canadian physicians and pharmacists has identified metrics that can be used to measure the impact of pediatric antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs), according to a new paper in Pediatrics.
A new Ebola species first identified in bats last year in Sierra Leone—named Bombali virus— has now been found in bats in Kenya, pointing to wide distribution, given that the two countries are on opposite coasts of Africa. Researchers from Finland, Kenya, and Sweden reported their findings in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The DRC reported 3 new cases today after it had confirmed 30 in the previous 3 days.
Saudi Arabia today reported two more MERS-CoV cases, one of them fatal, according to a Ministry of Health (MOH) update to its epidemiologic week 14 report.
The fatal MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) case involves a 39-year-old man from Jazan in southwestern Saudi Arabia. An investigation found the source of the man's virus to be primary, meaning he wasn't likely exposed to another sick person.
Flu activity in most of the Northern Hemisphere is declining, with influenza A viruses still predominanting, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in an update that covers data to Mar 17.
According to the WHO's online dashboard, cases have reached 1,089, including 676 deaths.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported another MERS-CoV case, marking the second recent case from Khafji in the country's northeast, according to its epidemiologic week 14 report.
A new public-private partnership to address inappropriate antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through wider use of rapid diagnostics was launched today at an event in Madrid.
The FDA clears remdesivir for development under the Animal Rule.
The CDC, in an alert to clinicians, says flu season is likely to last several more weeks.
Saudi Arabia today announced two new MERS-CoV cases today, another in Hofuf and one in Khafji, according to an update to the Ministry of Health's (MOH's) epidemiologic week 13 report.
A surveillance study by Chinese scientists has found multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli strains in food products carrying the MCR-1 and blaNDM-1 resistance genes, and mobile genetic elements similar to those found in human strains, according to a paper yesterday in Eurosurveillance.
Only 32% of residents trust that authorities represent their best interest, and 26% believe Ebola isn't real.
Today the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) switched its recommendation for first-line treatment for severe malaria to a drug not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because the previously recommended drug will no longer be produced by the manufacturer.
Consumer and public health advocacy group U.S. PIRG Education Fund is calling on the nation's third-largest burger chain to reduce its reliance on beef raised with the routine use of medically important antibiotics.
Findings followed a north-to-south gradient in Europe.
More than 100,000 cases of watery diarrhea and suspected cholera have been reported.
Cases have now reached 1,029, and deaths have climbed to 639.
A survey of physician attitudes about antibiotic use in clinic settings found that nearly all agree that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a national problem, but only 63% thought the issue is a problem at their own facilities. A group based at Wayne State University reported its findings yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Control.
