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In other develoments, the hospital at the center of the outbreak temporarily closed most outpatient clinics to slow the spread of the virus.
Officials identified a cooling tower at the Opera House Hotel in New York City's South Bronx as the source of a recent outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, according to a New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) press release yesterday.
The health department also confirmed that, given no new cases or onset of symptoms since Aug 3, the outbreak is officially over.
As Riyadh logs 10 new cases, officials announce some Hajj-related restrictions.
In two separate reports this week to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced closure to its follow-up to H5N8 avian flu outbreaks and noted that 11 states—because of measures taken after H5N2 outbreaks—are now free to move poultry domestically and internationally.
New cases in West Africa remained at 3 for the 3rd straight week, and the WHO IHR panel will meet next week.
Three new cases are noted, and an NIH study shows promising vaccine results in animals.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday reported 19 new cyclosporiasis cases in the past week, bringing the 2015 outbreak total to 476 infections in 29 states.
The US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) yesterday announced two actions to help prepare for a potential return of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to US flocks: a request for proposals for vaccines to equip the National Veterinary Stockpile and a notification that it will publish an environment assessment on vaccinating poultry.
Iowa took an economic hit of about $1.2 billion from this year's avian flu outbreaks.
As 10 new cases are announced, a Riyadh hospital's ED is identified as an outbreak hot spot.
Those who refuse or delay vaccines constitute a growing, urgent challenge around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement today.
Saudi Arabia reports 14 recent MERS cases—all but 1 in Riyadh—and 4 deaths.
Sierra Leone is down to its last known Ebola transmission chain, a sign of continuing progress in the battle against the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today. It added that the country has now gone a full epidemiologic week without a new case for the first time since the outbreak began last year.
Thirteen years of US safety data on the inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV, or polio shot) show that it is not associated with major side effects, a study yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases noted.
Since Aug 1, Saudi Arabia has reported 32 cases, many with hospital links, but some with unknown sources.
Lassa virus (LASV) genome sequences have revealed that the although the virus was only discovered in 1969, it originated more than a thousand years ago in present-day Nigeria and continues to undergo significant evolutionary change, according to a National Institutes of Health (NIH)–funded study yesterday in Cell.
Three countries reported fresh avian influenza outbreaks today from four different strains, three of them highly pathogenic, according to separate reports to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
China's agriculture ministry today reported two outbreaks involving two different high-path strains, H5N6 at a commercial farm in Guangdong province and H5N2 on a farm in Jiangsu province.
Legionella found to claim prime spot in more than half of outbreaks related to water.
NARMS study finds that overall, drugs used for two most common foodborne bacteria are holding the line against resistance.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported one new MERS-CoV case, in yet another person from Riyadh who might be part of an ongoing hospital-linked outbreak.
The patient is an 81-year-old Saudi woman who is hospitalized in crucial condition, according to an MOH statement today. Health officials are still reviewing exposure she may have had to a suspected or confirmed case in the community or the healthcare setting.
