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Also, Florida has a new local case, and infections in US pregnant women approach 900.
Syphilis cases jumped 19%, gonorrhea increased by 12.8%, and chlamydia by 5.9% from 2014.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case, the country's fifth in 6 days.
Cases of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) have been identified in three students at a university in Romania and in a family contact, according to a report yesterday from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
More Zika in Florida traps, blood banks.
The non-profit highlights policies that could save billions in avoidable healthcare costs, it says.
ACIP spent several months reviewing clinical trial data that showed two doses in younger adolescents prompted an immune response similar to or higher than in young adults.
The results of a small, single-center study suggest that implementing an antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) based on infectious disease (ID) consultation in a rehabilitation facility can reduce antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance without affecting patient outcomes.
A multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli infections tied to Adams Farm beef, veal, and bison products appears to be over after 11 cases, which is 4 more than when the outbreak was first reported last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.
Also today, a Lancet letter details the second case of female-to-male sexual spread.
The rate of MRSA acquisition is low among contacts of patients colonized or infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a study yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today announced two new MERS-CoV cases, plus the death of a recently reported patient.
Trinidad and Tobago as well as Vietnam report suspected Zika-linked microcephaly.
Tonnage of fluoroquinolones, macrolides, and polymyxins for animals rose 14%, 13%, and 19%, respectively.
The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new cases of MERS-CoV in the last 3 days. The cases involve camel and health care workplace exposure, two known risk factors for the respiratory virus. These are the first cases reported by the MOH since Sep 29.
Florida has another case of locally acquired Zika, while Brazil has begun using sterile mosquitoes to fight Aedes.
The concern comes after heater-cooler devices were found to be contaminated with Mycobacterium chimaera.
With the World Health Organization (WHO) set to name a new director-general in May 2017, the editors of The Lancet sat down with the six candidates running to replace Margaret Chan, MD, MPH, as the head of the world's only multilateral health agency.
Originally published by CIDRAP News Oct 13
At least 5 people have contracted Zika in a small area in North Miami Beach.
