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All 8 patients required hospitalization, and the earliest case dates back to 2016.
With the current resurgence of measles two decades after it was eliminated, the United States is going backward with measles, leading US experts are warning.
Traditional chiefs and local officials took new steps to ease community resistance to response efforts.
Barriers in many countries limit treatment options and prevent people from getting the antibiotics they need.
Thirteen people in 7 states have been sickened, and the manufacturer has issued a recall.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case today in its epidemiologic week 16 report.
A 68-year-old man from Khafji has contracted MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) as a secondary case, meaning likely not from another MERS patient. It's unknown if he had camel contact.
Today DRC health officials report 9 more cases and 7 more deaths.
The antibiotic market is broken, one expert said. "Policymakers must take this as a clarion call to act now."
Enesi Pharma, a biotechnology company based in the United Kingdom, announced yesterday that it has partnered with the US Department of Health and Human Services Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to develop new flu vaccines using its ImplaVax technology.
Adhering to antibiotic guidelines was associated with favorable outcomes in terms of mortality and length of hospital stay among patients in Norway, according to a study yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control.
Vaccine efficacy was 97.5%, as cases reach 1,264 and deaths top 800.
US cases have climbed to 555 and at the current pace would eclipse 2014's total within weeks.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case over the weekend in an update to its epidemiologic week 15 report.
On Apr 13, the MOH noted that a 75-year-old woman from Khafji had contracted MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) as a secondary case, meaning likely not from another MERS patient. It's unknown if she had camel contact.
New research presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) annual meeting suggests an association between antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and climate change.
While the WHO defends the decision, some experts question the call—as cases keep mounting.
Case counts climb to 109, making it the 3rd-largest E coli outbeak in 20 years.
Canadian data show that kids under 10 years may be especially vulnerable to the H1N1 strain.
Antibiotics were offered for 91% of UTI patients, but only 36% had clinical or lab evidence of one.
Originally published by CIDRAP News Apr 11
An outbreak of 2009 H1N1 seasonal flu in a remote indigenous hill tribe in Laos killed 16 people and triggered a quick response from local health officials in Thailand, according to a report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which also assisted.
