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Shortly after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released guidance on Zika virus infection and pregnancy yesterday, Illinois officials reported two imported cases in pregnant women, a potential risk for birth defects.
Testing hints that the avian flu virus mutated to a more lethal strain as it spread.
PAHO, meanwhile, said the virus has expanded its reach and cautioned about Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Guangdong province in China has confirmed its fifth H5N6 avian flu infection in 3 weeks, the world's ninth such case, and Fujian province reported its first H7N9 avian flu case of the winter, Xinhua reported today.
An avian flu strain that hasn't been seen in the US before has struck a farm in Indiana.
US flu activity increased slightly, with similar rises in other Northern Hemisphere nations.
Just hours after the WHO declared the end of Ebola virus transmission in the outbreak region, the agency confirms a new, fatal case.
Vietnam has reported a new H5N6 avian flu outbreak, and Taiwan officials have confirmed seven separate H5N2 events, according to reports posted today by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
A multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to nut butter produced by an Oregon company has reached 13 cases but now appears to be over, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.
The WHO also warned of the risk of flare-ups due to ligering virus in some survivors, a threat it says will decline with time.
The CDC is weighing a warning specifically for pregnant travelers, and federal experts say other mosquito-borne diseases can complicate diagnoses.
Health officials in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reported two new MERS-CoV cases, the country's first since last June, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported today.
Two more H7N9 avian flu illnesses have been detected in China, both affecting patients from Guangdong province in southern China, according to a statement today from Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP), which cited mainland authorities.
Experts called together in the wake of the Ebola crisis laid out ways to better prepare for the next threat.
For the second day in a row, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case, and like yesterday the patient is a man who had contact with camels before he got sick.
The 50-year-old man is a Saudi citizen from Medina, located in the western part of the country. The man is hospitalized in stable condition for his MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infection.
Officials have confirmed a severe case of H5N1 avian flu in a man in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in south central China, according to a statement from the Sichuan Health and Family Planning Commission translated and posted today by Avian Flu Diary (AFD), an infectious disease news blog.
In related developments, French officials posted an update on the country's outbreaks, which remain at 67, with testing still under way.
After 12 days without a MERS case, Saudi Arabia reports one involving contact with a camel.
Taiwan officials today reported a new H7N9 avian flu case on the mainland, while Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) provided details on eight recent cases in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces.
The initial effectiveness investigations flagged a problem with the 2009 H1N1 vaccine virus in the inhaled version and drove improvement efforts.
