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In 3 days Hungary has reported 96 H5N8 outbreaks in poultry.
If 1 in every 29 cases go undetected, that could put the annual rate as high as 180,000 cases.
The fourth wave of H7N9 avian flu infections in China (from September 2015 through August 2016) saw continued geographic spread of the virus, a longer epidemic period, and a higher proportion of case-patients living in rural areas compared with the first three waves, a report today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) noted.
The data show different rates of defects but shed light on the link between exposure timing and poor outcomes.
As H5N6 spreads in parts of Asia, the H5N8 strain hits more farms in Hungary, Poland, and France.
European health officials are warning about an increase in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections in hospitals across the continent.
The Florida Department of Health (Florida Health) reported two new locally acquired Zika cases in Miami-Dade County residents yesterday, while the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued guidance for Brownsville, Tex., after state officials recently reported five local cases there, the first in the state.
Achievements include more diagnostic testing in kids and prevention during pregnancy.
Thirty-three new outbreaks in Hungary involve a total of more than 300,000 poultry.
Macao has reported its first human H7N9 avian influenza case, involving a 58-year-old man who owns a poultry market stall, according to a Xinhua report today in Chinese translated and posted by Avian Flu Diary (AFD), an infectious disease news blog. AFD said there are multiple media outlets reporting the finding, which was announced in an early morning media briefing by the local health department.
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have collaborated on a toolkit to help public health departments communicate information about healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antibiotic resistance to the public.
Far from human reach, researchers uncover a bacterium resistant to many antibiotics used today.
Also, Korean researchers detailed transmission patterns in its 2015 outbreak, including a role for doctor shopping and ED visits in super-spreading events.
An international group reporting in Clinical Infectious Diseases said a 9-month-old who died of Ebola in Guinea after her parents showed no signs of the illness likely contracted the virus through her mother's breastmilk. Both the mother's milk and the father's semen tested positive for Ebola virus.
Routine disease surveillance reports for November from two of China's provinces reveal five more H7N9 avian flu cases, according to official reports translated and posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
Some hospitals have more established programs and deeper resources, but a focus on key elements is common.
All of Miami-Dade County is still a CDC cautionary area, and officials said more sporadic cases are likely.
The report adds to the growing body of literature linking Zika to a rise in microcephaly.
About 40% of people in the United States had received a flu vaccine by early November, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today, adding that it estimated the intervention prevented an estimated 5 million flu illnesses, 71,000 flu hospitalizations, and 3,000 deaths.
A panel of experts has identified six metrics that hospitals can use to assess the impact of antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs).
