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Cases in a Liberian hot spot last summer may have been triple what was reported.
After a weekend with no MERS-CoV cases, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case today away from recent hot spots and yesterday reported the death of a previously confirmed patient.
A 7-year study of naturally acquired flu infections revealed that viral shedding mirrors the clinical profile for influenza A infections, but not influenza B. A research group based in Hong Kong—where the study took place—published its findings Oct 30 in an early online issue Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The plan includes ways to improve safety and security at US labs that conduct infectious disease research.
Two studies show that the cholesterol drugs may blunt immune response to flu vaccine in seniors.
The group of 28 experts continues to offer Ebola vaccine guidance and says its concept could be used in other outbreaks.
Hawaii health officials have confirmed two locally acquired dengue infections and are investigating four probable cases, all on the state's big island of Hawaii.
Further testing is under way at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Hawaii State Department of Health (HSDOH) has sent an alert to clinicians yesterday to report suspected cases, the agency said in a press release.
The latest patient is a foreign health worker, the eighth case in a Hofuf hospital cluster.
Recommendations include executive-level management that spells out a national plan, pulls together a policy council, and unifies the biodefense budget.
Health plans in general are doing a poor job at raising human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination levels in adolescent girls, according to researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and their collaborators at Princeton University. The team published its findings in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
For the 2nd week in a row, Guinea reported 3 new Ebola patients, all from the same family and one pregnant.
Two drug manufacturers—MedImmune and Sanofi Pasteur—have reported delays in shipping quadrivalent (four-strain) flu vaccines, including the nasal spray, but the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) doesn't anticipate an overall shortage for the season, USA Today reported today.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed that a seven-case MERS-CoV cluster in Hofuf involves Almana General Hospital and includes a nurse, according to a machine-translated statement posted today by Avian Flu Diary, a leading infectious disease blog.
Two cases are part of what appears to be a growing hospital outbreak in Hofuf, and the other 2 are in Riyadh.
Only about a third of US teen boys have received even one dose of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, and only about one in seven has received the recommended three doses, with uptake a bit higher in some minority groups, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday in Pediatrics.
Officials said 5 super-spreaders caused 83% of cases, and they confirmed a new MERS death.
Two cases are part of a hospital cluster in Hofuf, Al-Kharj reported fatal MERS, and Riyadh has a new case.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Oct 23 reported 2,095 new cases of chikungunya in the Caribbean and Americas.
This brings the overall total this year to 600,553, including 575,281 suspected, 24,388 confirmed locally acquired, and 884 imported cases. PAHO's last update included 2,464 new cases.
Experts urge further trials of GSK's vaccine after a study showed strain mismatch.
New DNA evidence has shown that Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plaque, has been endemic in humans for at least 3,000 years before the first plague pandemic was recorded, according to findings yesterday in Cell.
