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So far 62 acute flaccid myelitis cases—marked by sudden limb weakness—have been confirmed.
Late yesterday afternoon and today the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced five more cases of Ebola virus disease in Beni and Butembo, the current epicenter of outbreak activity.
All three cases announced yesterday resulted in community deaths that involved safe and dignified burials in Beni, the country's health ministry said. Today two cases, one each in Beni and Butembo, were reported.
A team of researchers from the United Kingdom report that Clostridioides difficile spores can survive on hospital sheets even after being washed with high-temperature water and industrial detergents, and that those spores could be contributing to outbreaks of C difficile infection (CDI) in hospitals.
The new cases lift the outbreak total to 211, including 135 deaths.
Among low-risk women, 1.2% who got clindamycin had a late miscarriage or very preterm delivery, similar to placebo.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) recorded a new case of MERS-CoV over the weekend, the second case in epidemiologic week 41 (last week).
A 64-year-old man from Dawadmi, Riyadh region is hospitalized with a MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infection. The man had camel contact, one of the most common risk factors for MERS.
As officials report 11 new cases, the WHO says the situation is deteriorating.
The median vaccine exemption rate in kindergartners climbed for the third year in a row, to 2.2%, and 1.3% of 2-year-olds get no vaccines.
A study yesterday in Pediatrics has found that, contrary to national guidelines, a portion of infants with uncomplicated, late-onset group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteremia are being treated with shortened intravenous (IV) antibiotic courses, with low rates of recurrence and treatment failure.
Four countries reported more vaccine-derived polio cases in ongoing outbreaks, according to the latest weekly update today from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) today.
A humanitarian group highlights transmission within a school and more response disruption.
Flu vaccination during pregnancy may cut a woman's chance of hospitalization by 40%.
Bacillus could be a tool to decolonize patients found to carry S aureus in their nose or intestines.
The health departments of Illinois and Washington state have reported nine and five cases of acute flaccid myelitis, respectively, and local media in Texas, New Jersey, and New York are also highlighting cases of the polio-like illness.
Three of the new cases, all fatal, involve children seen at the same clinic in Butanuka district in Beni.
A phase 1 trial of a broadly protective flu vaccine shows promise in people, Fierce Pharma reported yesterday.
After 6 children in Minnesota were reported to be afflicted with enterovirus-linked cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), officials in Colorado, Pittsburgh, and Chicago are reporting cases. Colorado has had 14 AFM cases since the beginning of the year, while Pittsburgh authorities are reporting 3 recent cases and Chicago 2.
Beni now has 57 confirmed or probable cases, and 35 deaths.
Cell culture–based inactivated influenza vaccine (ccIIV) was not significantly more effective than egg-based IIV (ebIIV) against influenza A during the 2017-18 flu season, according to new data presented at IDWeek that have not been peer reviewed.
