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Members of the JIKI Study Group reported inconclusive and varied results for use of the antiviral medication favipiravir to treat Ebola virus disease, according to a study yesterday in PLOS Medicine.
The goal is to flesh out a public health research agenda on Zika issues.
Researchers put the overall GBS risk at 2.4 for every 10,000 people infected with Zika virus.
In a surprise finding, South Korean researchers observed point mutations in MERS-CoV isolates that rendered the virus less virulent as the outbreak in that country spread last year, a finding that may have ramifications for vaccine development, according to a study today in mBio.
One of the new cases proved fatal, and the WHO reported on 6 previous cases, 3 of which were fatal.
As cases of the mosquito-borne disease mount, the CDC urges pregnant women to skip going to the Summer Olympics in Brazil.
An outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu accounting for the death of more than 1,000 birds of unspecified variety in southern Vietnam and was reported Feb 26 to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) by health officials in the country.
A Scottish nurse who was recently hospitalized with Ebola complications for a second time has been released from Royal Free Hospital in London yesterday, according to a statement from the facility.
The CDC details 6 sexual transmission cases, some in pregnant women.
Flu activity by a number of measures picks up, especially in the Southwest, and the CDC reports a flu-related death in a child.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today confirmed two new MERS-CoV infections in Saudi men, marking 11 new cases in as many days.
Protection against the H1N1 strain was 51%, compared with 76% to 79% against B strains.
Also, WHO guidance today addresses breastfeeding, microcephaly, and Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Findings include neurologic problems and a potential for virus survival in semen for 18 months.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today confirmed two new MERS-CoV cases, both primary infections in men who had indirect contact with camels.
The first MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) case-patient is a 60-year-old Saudi man from the southern city of Najran. He is in stable condition and is not a healthcare worker, the MOH said.
An outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:NM related to alfalfa sprouts has sickened nine people in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) said yesterday and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed today.
WHO and PAHO leaders continue assessing Brazil's response to its Zika outbreak.
Vaccination campaigns have nearly eliminated serogroup A meningitis cases from Africa.
The US Senate today overwhelmingly confirmed Robert Califf, MD, as the new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner after nominal opposition faltered, media outlets reported.
The findings underscore advice regarding strict precautions in returning travelers, the CDC says.
