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Saudi Arabia reports 4 new MERS cases, 3 in HofufSaudi Arabia's Minister of Health (MOH) reported four more MERS-CoV cases over the weekend and today—three in the hot spot city of Hofuf—in an outbreak that still simmers even as it gets overshadowed by MERS events in South Korea. The agency also reported three deaths in previously reported cases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released a snapshot of 15 H7N9 avian influenza cases, 3 of them fatal, that it received from China on Jun 12.
Today's report didn't include individual details about each patient, but rather a broad epidemiologic view of the most recent infections. The WHO said illness-onset dates range from Apr 19 to May 22 and all of the cases involved exposure to poultry environments.
The team makes several infection control recommendations as Korea reports 12 new cases.
Four Arizona properties are quarantined because they received poultry and eggs from an affected Iowa facility.
Four new infections push the outbreak total to 126 cases as the WHO plans an emergency meeting.
To prepare the nation better for cases of Ebola or other serious diseases, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has earmarked about $20 million to develop nine regional treatment centers across the country, HHS said today in a news release.
Saudi Arabia today reported one new MERS-CoV case, involving a 77-year-old man who died from from his infection, the country's Ministry of Health (MOH) said today in a statement.
Officials confirm 14 new cases amid worries about spread of the virus outside of hospitals.
Two high-ranking members of Congress have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to assess whether the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) acted properly in scrapping a multimillion-dollar contract for developing new technology for detecting bioterror agents, the Washington Post reported today.
Chinese health officials yesterday and today reported nine new H7N9 avian flu cases, including one fatality, according to translations of reports posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
Also, new studies point to an outbreak strain that's less virulent than the 1976 virus and that anorexia and joint pain are common in survivors.
Thirty-six health facilities are now affected in 7 cities, as the WHO says don't close schools.
As MERS continues to spread in South Korea, two more cases have been reported in the Middle East, one in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and one in Saudi Arabia.
A 77-year-old woman in Abu Dhabi, UAE, is in critical condition with MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus), the World Health Organization (WHO) reported yesterday. She fell ill May 21 and was hospitalized a week later.
About 3% of pet dogs and cats might harbor Salmonella, many without showing symptoms, preliminary results of a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) study show.
The farm is back in operation after 3 months, and the US is importing eggs because of H5N2.
Multiple hospital visits could be fueling the spread, and early genetic tests show no worrisome signs.
Saudi Arabia reported just one MERS-CoV case today, in Mecca province, far from the eastern city of Hofuf, which has been the country's MERS hot spot the past several weeks.
Antibiotic resistance in foodborne pathogens showed some disturbing trends—including multidrug resistance in one Salmonella strain—according to the latest report from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS), which covered US data through 2013.
H5N2 has been found in wild Canada geese in a Detroit suburb, its first detection in Michigan.
Many of the newest cases represent third-tier illnesses detected at additional hospitals. Korea has named 24 involved hospitals.
