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(CIDRAP News) With the Southern Hemisphere entering its flu season, the only country to see a dramatic activity spike so far is South Africa, where the 2009 H1N1 virus is dominating and has been linked to an increase in severe infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.
Jun 17, 2011
(CIDRAP News) Total cases in the Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak centered in Germany exceeded 3,400 today as German officials acknowledged that a cumbersome disease-reporting system slowed the early response to the problem.
(CIDRAP News) Egypt recently announced five new H5N1 avian influenza infections that occurred in May, three of them fatal, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.
(CIDRAP News) A federal advisory committee is recommending that 11 bacterial species and viruses on the current "select agent" list, including anthrax and Ebola virus, be singled out for special safeguards and that another 19 agents be dropped from the list entirely.
(CIDRAP News) A dramatic 78% drop in measles deaths since the start of the decade has global health officials eyeing eradicating the disease, but two major setbacks resurgence of the disease in Africa and shrinking disease-fighting funds threaten the efforts, experts said today.
Jun 15, 2011
(CIDRAP News) A Campylobacter jejuni outbreak that sickened close to 100 people in Alaska in 2008 had a surprising cause: fresh peas contaminated by sandhill cranes, according to a report in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
(CIDRAP News) – German authorities investigating the nation's biggest Escherichia coli outbreak said today that the number of new cases has dropped significantly, as European scientists released the latest results from a genetic analysis of the unusual strain, which they say might have a human reservoir.
Jun 14, 2011
Jun 13, 2011
(CIDRAP News) Cases and deaths in Germany's Escherichia coli outbreak continued to climb over the weekend as officials tied the outbreak more firmly to sprouts and health officials and politicians looked for lessons from the crisis.
Jun 11, 2011 (CIDRAP News) Some 2009 H1N1 influenza virus strains in Singapore and Australia have been showing "mildly reduced" sensitivity to both of the main flu drugs, which is not a clinical problem now but could become one if the viruses pick up further mutations, according to a report in Eurosurveillance.
(CIDRAP News) German government officials today lifted their recommendation against eating cucumbers, tomatoes, and lettuce, and showcased evidence that puts sprouts front and center in their investigation of a massive Escherichia coli outbreak, though the outbreak strain has not yet been found in sprouts.
