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No link was found between microcephaly and a key insecticide—or vaccines.
The site contains data on interpretive criteria for antimicrobial susceptibility tests.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in an update on an ongoing outbreak of multi-drug resistant Campylobacter infections linked to puppies sold in pet shops today, confirmed 30 new cases reported since the last outbreak update published on Oct 30.
Campylobacter and serious Listeria cases also rose.
A letter today in the Journal of Infectious Diseases argues for relaxed criteria for patient exclusion in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for new drugs to treat multidrug-resistant infections.
SIGA Technologies of New York City announced yesterday that it has submitted its smallpox drug TPOXX (tecovirimat) for priority review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Also, Cambodia reports an H5N1 outbreak in poultry, its first in nearly a year.
A paper today in JAMA Internal Medicine proposes an evidence-based implementation guide to help reduce inappropriate treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB).
A new report from Reuters concerning previously unreleased documents shows that the Philippines Department of Health (DOH) implemented a childhood vaccine campaign with Dengvaxia despite warnings from the country's Formulary Executive Council (FEC) that the vaccine did not have enough long-term safety data.
Sales and distribution of antibiotics approved for use in food animals dropped 10% from 2015 through 2016.
The number of states reporting geographically widespread flu rose from 4 to 7.
Health officials in Hildago County on Dec 7 reported three recent Zika cases, one of which appears to have been transmitted locally by mosquitoes, the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) said yesterday in a statement.
A 2007 state law in Illinois mandating active surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients failed to reduce MRSA prevalence, according to a study yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
A restaurant's faulty drainage system—thought to harbor Salmonella bacteria in biofilms—was the likely source of a long and perplexing outbreak in England, investigators determined.
A new analysis in Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests that new tests can be used to help diagnose Lyme disease, the most prevalent tick-borne illness in North America.
Editors note: This scan was update Dec 7 to note the funding source for the study.
A nationwide study of US patients with Enterobacteriaceae infections suggests that inappropriate empiric therapy (IET) is associated with higher 30-day readmission rates and is costlier than adequate treatment.
Risk factors include previous infection and hospitalization in a high-ESBL-burden nation.
Boston University's National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratories (NEIDL) received final approval from the Boston Public Health Commission to conduct biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) research, clearing the final hurdle to begin work on some of the world's most lethal pathogens, such as Ebola and Marburg virus, BU Today, the campus newspaper, reported.
A new meta-analysis of 14 studies shows that vaccine effectiveness (VE) against influenza A H3N2 drops 33% within 6 months of immunization, while VE against influenza B declines by 19%. A small VE decline against influenza A H1N1 was not statistically significant.
