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"No other epidemic in the world has been as complex as the one we are currently experiencing," the DRC health minister says.
In the latest global polio developments, Pakistan reported two new wild poliovirus type 1 cases and three African countries reported seven more vaccine-derived polio cases in their outbreaks, according to today's weekly update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
A study today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology reports that 23% of patients at an Oregon hospital were prescribed antibiotics upon discharge to a long-term care facility (LTCF).
So far 63 people have been hospitalized, and a patient in California has died.
The drug, zoliflodacin, was highly effective in treating urogenital and rectal infections but not pharyngeal cases.
WHO and UN officials say the rate of cases has declined a bit recently.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) recorded two new cases of MERS-CoV for epidemiologic week 45.
The Vermont Department of Health (VDH) is investigating an outbreak involving an extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Shigella sonnei strain at a retirement community in Wake Robin. The outbreak involves 22 confirmed and 44 probable cases.
With 2 new cases, infections in healthcare workers in the DRC have now reached 27.
A report today from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) suggests that investment in a package of measures to reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could avert thousands of deaths each year and save money in the long run.
Saudi Arabia's health ministry reported one new MERS-CoV case involving a 54-year-old man from Riyadh, according to a Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) report today for epidemiologic week 45.
The man is hospitalized for his MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infection, and the investigation revealed he didn't have contact with camels and didn't contract the illness from another sick patient.
The outbreak total has reached 305, with 189 deaths and 60 suspected cases.
The researchers estimate that 670,000 infections are caused by select antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a year.
To combat a deadly yellow fever outbreak in Ethiopia, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it will release 1.45 million doses of the yellow fever vaccine from its emergency stockpile, Reuters reported today.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday announced that it has issued final guidance that outlines its mandatory recall authority, part of efforts to answer questions about new mandatory recall authority that the agency gained with the passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2011.
Two of the latest confirmed cases involve a mother and her 2-week-old baby.
Reasons include self-diagnosis, saving money, and avoiding a doctor's visit.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today said it and state health partners are investigating 28 more suspected acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) cases, lifting the national number of suspected cases for 2018 to 219.
A point prevalence survey conducted at Canadian hospitals shows that national prevalence rates for infection or colonization with antimicrobial-resistant organisms (AROs) saw little change from 2010 to 2016, according to a study today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
