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Also, a WHO roundup of 25 recent Saudi cases hints at the types of virus exposure some hospital patients had.
An end-of-season analysis on how seasonal flu vaccines performed in the United Kingdom has found low effectiveness, not much different than the midseason estimate, researchers reported today in Eurosurveillance.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today finalized the first two of seven major rules for implementing the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)—those covering prevention steps for both human and animal food.
With 2 new Saudi cases, results of a gene study hint at enhanced transmissibility.
Along with reporting just 2 new cases, the WHO issues Ebola guidance for pregnancy.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today that 56 more illnesses have been reported in a multistate Salmonella Poona outbreak linked to cucumbers imported from Mexico, raising the total so far to 341 cases.
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu has struck Nigerian poultry again, this time a backyard flock in Rivers state in the south, according to a report posted yesterday by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
The virus killed 450 of a flock of 528 broiler chickens, cockerels, and turkeys. The surviving 78 birds were culled to prevent disease spread. All the birds were housed in the same pen.
Saudi Arabia has had 18 MERS cases since Sep 4, 15 of them in Riyadh.
As Sierra Leone stamps out a new flareup, a Dallas hospital shares lessons learned from treating the first US patient.
Federal health officials on Sep 4 announced a multistate Salmonella Poona outbreak linked to cucumbers imported from Mexico, which triggered a recall by the US-based importer that distributed the products.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said 285 illnesses in 27 states have been reported. So far 1 death has been linked to the outbreak, and 53 people have been hospitalized.
Arbovirus cases, including WNV, were down a bit in 2014, but the diseases had a broad impact.
At least 3 of the 6 new cases involve recent contact with another MERS patient.
Temporary poultry market closures can drop environmental levels of H7N9 and other avian flu viruses, but after stalls reopen, contamination quickly returns to preclosure levels, Chinese researchers reported yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The study took place in Guangzhou, the largest city in southern China's Guangdong province, during the second wave of human illnesses.
An MMWR report details steps taken to contain a small cluster in July, which led to today's Ebola-free declaration.
The group based much of its findings on an Aug 23 WHO mission to Saudi Arabia.
Treatment with antiviral drugs early in the course of hospitalization for influenza in elderly patients is associated with a shorter hospital stay and a lower risk for extended care after discharge, according to a study yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The Pentagon today announced a moratorium on work with dangerous pathogens such as the bacterium that causes anthrax at its nine biodefense labs, USA Today reported. The action comes in the wake of the discovery of live anthrax spores outside of containment at a military lab in Utah and an ongoing investigation by USA Today into problems at the nation's high-containment labs.
Two cases are in Guinea and 1 in Sierra Leone; also, an IOM task force tackles IHR outbreak response issues.
Also, the WHO's MERS emergency committee met today to discuss the latest outbreak developments.
After reporting an H5N1 avian flu outbreak in poultry 2 days ago, Vietnam reported another one yesterday, this one affecting a village flock in Ninh Thuan province in the southern part of the country, according to a report filed by animal health authorities with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
