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Originally published by CIDRAP News Jul 20
A study today in Genome Biology suggests methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) emerged several years before methicillin was used to treat S aureus infections.
For the third week in a row, China reported just one H7N9 avian influenza case, a sign that the fifth and biggest wave of infections may be drawing to a close.
If illness from the fungus becomes more common, "We are dealing with the potential for a highly resistant bug to really take off."
The study says the funding has spurred growth of US jobs while bringing lifesaving products to the world.
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, yesterday announced the second year of funding to states—totaling $30.9 million—to support the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Officials say atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy ("mad cow") was detected in an 11-year-old cow.
Yemen confirms another 35,000 cholera cases, while Somalia reports a slight slowdown, with only 1,121 new cases.
Members of the World Health Organization's (WHO's) food standards–setting body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, agreed yesterday to update guidelines aimed at reducing antimicrobial resistance along the food chain.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced a multistate Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to microbiology laboratories that has sickened 24 people in 16 states. The infections have been associated with clinical, commercial, and teaching labs.
Recommendations focus on pre- and probiotics, countermeasures, and prevention steps.
A study yesterday in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases that measured the time between symptom onset and diagnosis in 537 patients with MERS-CoV in Saudi Arabia found that patients were diagnosed 0 to 36 days after symptoms appeared, with a median of 4 days.
A retrospective analysis of antibiotic prescriptions in England published yesterday in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy found that nearly 8% of all antibiotics dispensed in primary care are prescribed by non-medical prescribers (NMPs), mostly nurses.
Also, the CDC said C auris has been isolated from 110 more patients hospitalized in three affected states.
Babies living in countries affected by conflict made up more than half of the total of unvaccinated group.
The Texas Department of State Health Services said today that clinicians should consider testing patients who complain of lingering diarrhea for Cyclospora, a parasite that can cause severe diarrheal illness.
A case series of 112 babies born to Brazilian mothers who had confirmed Zika infections found that 21.4% had eye abnormalities with the potential to impair sight, with the condition sometimes seen on its own without microcephaly or other central nervous system (CNS) problems. Researchers from Brazil reported in JAMA Pediatrics today.
In other H7N9 developments, China's agriculture ministry this week announced plans to expand poultry vaccination to the whole country.
Originally published by CIDRAP News Jul 13
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) said there was a new case of measles in an adult who visited several public places while infectious. The new case brings the total to 79 for Minnesota's ongoing measles outbreak.
