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Today the ministry of health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported two more Ebola cases in the ongoing outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. The outbreak total now stands at 421 cases (374 confirmed and 47 probable), including 241 deaths.
The two new cases are from Kyondo and Kalunguta, and one additional death was recorded in Beni. Seventy-four cases are still under investigation.
Ten years after primary vaccination, 73 of 75 participants had seroprotective antibody levels.
Officials have noted 33 new cases in recent days, and the outbreak is due to soon become the world's 2nd-largest.
Romaine lettuce suspected in Escherichia coli O157:H7 illnesses in the United States and Canada probably came from California, based on growing and harvesting patterns, Scott Gottlieb, MD, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, said in a Nov 23 Twitter post.
The next step is to withdraw the product that's at risk from the market, then restock the market, he said.
Infectious disease specialists from Washington University School of Medicine estimate that the number of deaths caused by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) is more than six times higher than widely cited figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Originally published by CIDRAP News Nov 21
The City of Lubbock, Tex., Health Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating an outbreak of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in multiple healthcare facilities.
Five family members of an earlier case-patient are infected, health officials say.
An investigation into a cluster of listeriosis cases by federal health agencies prompted the recall yesterday of ready-to-eat Vietnamese-style pork patty rolls, according to a notice from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
So far 32 illnesses have been confirmed in 11 states, as well as 18 cases in Canada.
CDC director promises "full capacity" of science to address the paralyzing condition.
In its daily update on its Ebola outbreak, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) health ministry today reported no new confirmed cases, though it did report one more death in a patient from Beni, the outbreak's main hot spot.
In a study yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Ethiopian researchers reported an alarming level of multidrug resistance among patients with healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) at a university hospital.
Despite more violence, officials say most response actions continued, except for a brief pause in vaccination.
Alongside the finding that progress has stalled in hard-hit countries, the WHO and partners launch a new response strategy.
Saudi Arabia yesterday reported a new MERS-CoV case for epidemiologic week 47, which involves a 52-year-old man from Riyadh.
The ministry of health said the man didn't have a history of recent contact with camels and wasn't known to have been exposed to another known MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) case. He is currently hospitalized.
A new report from the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance (RUMA) says the UK livestock industry is making progress in efforts to meet antibiotic use targets, but a group of leading British clinicians warns that progress could be threatened if the government doesn't commit to changes in the way antibiotics are used in food-producing animals.
The outbreak has now reached 352 cases, of which 305 are confirmed, and 210 deaths.
A total of 126 more people have been sickened by a strain of Salmonella Newport in an outbreak tied to JBS Tolleson, Inc. beef products, and three more states are affected, according to an outbreak update yesterday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
An observational study in Australia has found that a third of antibiotic prescriptions in an emergency department (ED) were deemed inappropriate, according to a study yesterday in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
