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The outbreak has grown to 1,340 cases and 874 deaths.
Cases have now reached 626 and could soon top the ignomious post-elimination record of 667, reached in 2014.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) today and over the weekend recorded two more cases of MERS-CoV for epidemiologic weeks 16 and 17.
On Apr 20 the MOH said an 83-year-old man from Taif was diagnosed as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infection. The man's case is listed as "primary," and he had recent contact with camels.
A new study by Canadian researchers has found substantial inter-physician variability in antibiotic prescribing that was not explained at all by differences in patients. The findings appeared in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Amid a violent attack on outbreak responders, the outbreak total climbed to 1,317 with the addition of 15 new cases.
Flu has sickened an estimated 36 million to 41 million people and hospitalized up to 610,000.
The MCR-1 colistin-resistance gene has been detected in Salmonella strains isolated from mussel samples in Spain, researchers reported yesterday in Eurosurveillance.
The Drug Resistance Index shows disparities in the effectiveness of antibiotics in high- and low-income countries.
All 8 patients required hospitalization, and the earliest case dates back to 2016.
Cases have now topped 1,300 and include 843 deaths, with no signs of slowing.
With the current resurgence of measles two decades after it was eliminated, the United States is going backward with measles, leading US experts are warning.
Traditional chiefs and local officials took new steps to ease community resistance to response efforts.
Barriers in many countries limit treatment options and prevent people from getting the antibiotics they need.
Thirteen people in 7 states have been sickened, and the manufacturer has issued a recall.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case today in its epidemiologic week 16 report.
A 68-year-old man from Khafji has contracted MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) as a secondary case, meaning likely not from another MERS patient. It's unknown if he had camel contact.
Today DRC health officials report 9 more cases and 7 more deaths.
The antibiotic market is broken, one expert said. "Policymakers must take this as a clarion call to act now."
Adhering to antibiotic guidelines was associated with favorable outcomes in terms of mortality and length of hospital stay among patients in Norway, according to a study yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control.
Enesi Pharma, a biotechnology company based in the United Kingdom, announced yesterday that it has partnered with the US Department of Health and Human Services Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to develop new flu vaccines using its ImplaVax technology.
