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Infants receive seasonal flu immunity through maternal influenza vaccines, but previous studies have not established how long this protection lasts. A study yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics—the largest of its kind to date—shows that infant immunity peaks by 8 weeks after birth and wanes significantly during the first 6 months of life.
A week after the CDC issued a Candida auris alert, PHE follows suit.
Also, Spain becomes the 11th state to report sexual transmission of the virus.
US health officials and their Liberian counterparts today announced the launch of a study to assess if a new antiviral drug can cut lingering Ebola virus RNA levels in the semen of men who survived the disease, a strategy that could decrease the risk of sexual spread.
A new study in Clinical Infectious Diseases reports that the flu vaccine in 2014-15 was more effective than expected in hospitalized adults, including those 65 or older.
In Portugal, 11 human samples tested positive, and in Brazil the isolates were from poultry not given polymyxins.
Document from Federal Select Agent Program aims at public transparency on lab work involving potentially dangerous pathogens.
Lessons learned can improve Zika response and US readiness for the next threat, experts said.
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison report that a harmless bacterium called Wolbachia pipientis prevents transmission of the Zika virus by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The research was published today in the journal Scientific Reports and offers hope that Wolbachia could be a cost-effective weapon against Zika.
An outbreak of Escherichia coli O121 linked to General Mills flour has grown by 4 cases, to 42, and the company has expanded its recall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.
The test checks patient specimens for the presence of 5 different genetic markers.
A large series reveals some brain damage in babies with normal head size.
Both a promising vaccine and mass distribution of repellents failed to protect.
Yellow fever continues to sweep across border areas between Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the World Health Organization's (WHO's) weekly yellow fever situation report.
A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health indicates that a clinical decision tree can be used to determine whether a patient with bacteremia has been infected by extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria, which are more difficult to treat due to antibiotic resistance.
Candida auris has caused deadly hospital infections in several nations since 2009.
In the study, 4 of 5 pregnancies had poor outcomes, with 2 maternal deaths.
Patients with severe disease had high viral levels and extreme immune-system overreaction that led to destruction of healthy tissues.
The human papillomavirus (HPV) 16/18 vaccine (Cervarix) is safe and effective when administered to older adult women after 7 years of follow-up. That's the takeaway from the VIVIANE study, which tracked 10,000 women worldwide who received the vaccine after the age of 26.
Nigeria's agriculture ministry yesterday reported an H5N1 avian flu outbreak at a commercial farm in Lagos state, and authorities in China said H5N1 has been detected in lions at a zoo in Hubei province.
