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The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new cases of MERS-CoV in the last 3 days. The cases involve camel and health care workplace exposure, two known risk factors for the respiratory virus. These are the first cases reported by the MOH since Sep 29.
Florida has another case of locally acquired Zika, while Brazil has begun using sterile mosquitoes to fight Aedes.
The concern comes after heater-cooler devices were found to be contaminated with Mycobacterium chimaera.
With the World Health Organization (WHO) set to name a new director-general in May 2017, the editors of The Lancet sat down with the six candidates running to replace Margaret Chan, MD, MPH, as the head of the world's only multilateral health agency.
Originally published by CIDRAP News Oct 13
At least 5 people have contracted Zika in a small area in North Miami Beach.
The 2014-15 outbreak of H5N8 avian flu in Europe and then North America was likely driven by long-distant migrant birds and an unusually "promiscuous" clade, a study published today in Science found.
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned today that efforts to reduce the global burden of tuberculosis (TB) need to move faster to meet international targets, and that detection and treatment gaps remain a significant roadblock in the fight against multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).
"I would view the results . . . in an optimistic light," said lead author Richard Davey after the drug showed more than 90% efficacy.
A new study in PLoS One suggests that companion animals may be a potential source of community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in humans.
Higher C diff rates were associated with prior bed occupants who received antibiotics.
As Florida announces new cases, health labs have noted a lag in testing for pregnant woman and the WHO says Asia will experience wider transmission.
Malaria deaths in Africa have dropped by more than half in the past 15 years, but some countries still struggle with high malaria mortality rates, according to a study yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In addition, the WHO reports 2 new H5N1 cases in Egypt.
The company says 95% of its chickens will now be antibiotic-free.
Hospitals in Los Angeles County will soon be required to report when patients are infected with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), according to the Los Angeles Times.
Also, a new study provides evidence for the usefulness of IgM Zika testing for babies.
Treatment with high doses of colistin was found to have no mortality benefit for patients with carbapenem-resistant gram-negative infections, according to a study published yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases. But it was associated with greater nephrotoxicity.
In issuing its final report yesterday on eight Salmonella outbreaks linked to contact with backyard poultry, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the 895 illnesses reported is the largest number ever reported in outbreaks linked to chicks and ducklings.
The WHO says it's still not clear if Zika-linked microcephaly cases in Thailand are tied to the strain that has circulated in Southeast Asia.
