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Health officials in the Philippines reported a case of MERS in a Filipino nurse who recently returned from Saudi Arabia, according to a Reuters story today.
The nurse returned to the Philippines last week and presented with a fever, body pain, cough, and difficulty breathing. She was diagnosed with MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) and is currently hospitalized in stable condition, the story said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that several states have recently reported an unusual finding in some influenza patients this season: parotitis, or swelling of the salivary glands.
The CDC reported the finding yesterday in an update of its current flu guidance for the public, titled "What You Should Know for the 2014-2015 Influenza Season."
Outbreak countries report 100 more confirmed cases but have made great progress placing orphans, UNICEF says.
Officials confirm 4 new cases in California—107 total—and 1 in Chicago.
Vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) is not associated with an increased risk of contracting a sexually transmitted infection (STI) among teen girls, according to a study yesterday in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Chinese authorities have reported 13 more H7N9 avian influenza cases, 3 of them fatal, in four different provinces, according to official sources today, including an avian flu report issued today by Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP).
The resurgence of cases has stoked concerns the virus could become endemic again.
As Saudi Arabia reports 2 new cases, the WHO discusses inadequate hospital infection control measures.
Federal and state investigators are investigating a possible melioidosis infection in an investigator who got sick after visiting the Tulane National Primate Research Center (TNPRC) in Covington, La., to determine how two macaques contracted the disease, officials of St. Tammany Parish said in a Feb 7 statement.
A study based on data from more than 2 million Medicare beneficiaries suggests that the high-dose influenza vaccine works better than a standard-dose vaccine for preventing probable flu illness and flu-related hospital admissions in elderly people.
The fund is expected to provide $100 million for the three Ebola-stricken nations.
The rate of flu-related hospitalizations among elderly people is the highest in at least a decade.
Two of China's provinces—Guangdong and Zhejiang— reported seven more H7N9 avian flu infections today, one of them fatal.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported four new MERS cases and one death in the past 2 days, bringing the country's total to 855 cases since June 2012. The country has confirmed 10 cases in the past 5 days.
Officials say $1 billion is needed now, ahead of the upcoming rainy season.
Researchers in both places found vaccine effectiveness to be well below the already-low US numbers.
California officials yesterday confirmed 7 new measles cases in an outbreak that began in December, bringing the case total for the state to 99, while 5 babies at a Chicago-area daycare have also been diagnosed as having the disease.
Also yesterday, the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) pointed out the states having the lowest measles vaccination coverage in toddlers.
Agriculture officials in Taiwan yesterday said 51 more poultry farms have been struck by H5N8 avian influenza and 108 more facilities have reported more H5N2 outbreaks, with some of the locations hit by both strains, according to two separate reports to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
For the first time this year, all 3 nations see an increase in cases, while the CDC reports on a December lab incident.
The newly reported patients are from Al-Kharj and Hofuf, and the WHO notes 9 previously reported cases.
