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Two new studies present an alarming picture of the potential reach of Zika and its complex clinical presentation.
Also, the WHO said samples from Guinea-Bissau are part of the African lineage, not the Americas one.
A meta-analysis by German researchers yielded the conclusion that healthcare personnel (HCP) faced about twice as high a risk of H1N1 infection as other groups during the 2009 influenza pandemic, says a report published yesterday in PLoS One.
Investigators with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today describe a small cluster of the worrisome "superbug" known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) at two Wisconsin hospitals in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
With new cases reported, federal and global health officials decry shortages in response funding.
Situation "continues to be serious and requires sustained control measures," though.
Other new reports detail co-infections with other mosquito-borne viruses and fatal encephalitis.
A study in Liberia has produced more evidence of persistence of the Ebola virus in semen after patients' recovery from the disease, with some of them still testing positive more than a year after recovery and greater age indicated as a possible risk factor.
A new UK study has found that dentists prescribe fewer antibiotics to their patients after receiving a report on their past prescribing habits.
Quinolones are no longer recommended for gonorrhea because of widespread resistance.
An E coli isolate resistant to both colistin and carbapenem antibiotics has been found in a US hospital patient.
Researchers describe congenital hearing loss associated with Zika in infants born with microcephaly.
Rates of multidrug resistance in Salmonella seroptype I 4,[5],12:i:- have tripled.
For the first time in its history, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a policy paper recommending against all non-medical vaccine expeditions for school-age children. While medical exemptions are still valid, the AAP is asking states to eliminate non-medical exemptions—including for religious or personal beliefs.
Blood serum from rhesus monkeys that had survived Ebola virus (EBOV) infection offered little protection to other rhesus monkeys that were treated with the serum several days after exposure to the virus, according to an Aug 28 report in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Experts say resistance, though not a huge concern, is on the rise among pets.
Scientists saw potential in some existing drugs and showed that mosquitoes can pass the virus to their offspring.
Also, another diagnostic test received an EUA and a vaccine trial launched in Puerto Rico.
The proportion of pediatricians facing parents who refuse to vaccinate their children has grown markedly in recent years, to 87% according to a new survey from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published today in Pediatrics.
An international team of researchers is reporting the first case of the colistin-resistance gene MCR-1 on the Arabian Peninsula.
