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For the third week in a row the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed four cases of variant H1N2 (H1N2v) flu, this time in California and Ohio.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported yesterday that French diagnostics firm bioMerieux has recalled two of its antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) cards because of false results for some strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Almost 500 more people have been vaccinated, bringing the total to 2,179.
The patient is thought to have contracted the disease while in the Middle East.
Just over 40% of emergency department visits involved a child 2 years old or younger.
A mumps outbreak centered in Anchorage, Alaska, has chugged along for more than a year and reached nearly 400 cases despite a series of vaccination recommendations that expanded to include the entire state, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today.
Draft guidance issued today by the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends against offering antibiotics for acute cough associated with upper respiratory infection.
The outbreak has grown to 102 cases—6 new—and 59 people have died.
Preteen girls, teens, and young women who receive recommended vaccinations, including for human papillomavirus (HPV), have no increased risk of primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), also called premature menopause, according to a study published yesterday in Pediatrics.
A survey of primary care docs reveals significant gaps in their knowledge of serogroup B meningococcal vaccines.
Also, patients are slightly younger than what might be expected, but within a general range.
The value of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing as an additional tool to screen for cervical cancer—joining the traditional Pap smear—has been affirmed by a new meta-analysis and an expert panel’s recommendation based on that analysis, as explained in a set of articles today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
A study today in Pediatrics suggests that a dose of parenteral antibiotics prior to discharge from the emergency department (ED) is likely not necessary for most young children with urinary tract infections (UTIs).
The changes prioritize newer medications and oral regimens over injectable drugs.
Former smokers had triple the risk, while those with more than 6 sex partners had a sixfold risk.
The outbreak has grown to 91 cases (64 confirmed), including 50 fatalities.
More than 41,000 people in the World Health Organization's (WHO's) European Region have been infected with measles from January through June of this year, already exceeding 12-month totals for any other year this decade, the WHO Regional Office for Europe reported today.
The outbreak has grown to 78 cases, and vaccination has begun in the affected area.
For the second week in a row the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed four cases of variant H1N2 (H1N2v) flu, this time in California, Michigan, and Ohio.
