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The outbreaks involved different strains, including H5N6, H5N1, and H5N8.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported one new case of MERS-CoV on Dec 24, in the city of Afif.
A 28-year-old Saudi man is in stable condition after presenting with symptoms of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infection. The MOH said the man had direct contact with camels, a known risk factor for MERS-CoV.
Clinic visits for flulike illness, geographic flu spread have accelerated.
Dutch officials report H5N6 outbreaks in wild birds, and Italy confirms an H5N8 poultry outbreak.
Four research teams from India receive awards for point-of-care diagnostic tests, 3 of them focused on sepsis.
Today the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its Q and A document that covers developments surrounding Dengvaxia, Sanofi's dengue vaccine. It says its Strategic Advisory Groups of Experts (SAGE) will undertake a full rigorous view of new data to update its position paper on the vaccine, which won't likely be available until after April 2018.
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is advising people in five eastern provinces to avoid eating romaine lettuce because of an ongoing Escherichia coli outbreak associated with that type of salad greens. In a statement yesterday, the PHAC said continued reports of illnesses suggest that contaminated romaine lettuce may still be on the market.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
The USDA proposes moving away from a per-bird payment for outbreak response efforts.
Broad-spectrum antibiotics didn't produce better clinical or patient-centered results.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) announced a new case of MERS-CoV in Taif today.
A 45-year-old Saudi woman is in stable condition after presenting with symptoms of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infection. Her source of infection is listed as "primary," meaning it's unlikely she contracted the virus from another person. She is not a healthcare worker.
The FDA bans the marketing of OTC antiseptics containing triclosan and 23 other active antimicrobial agents.
The World Health Organization (WHO), in an update yesterday on 18 Saudi MERS-CoV cases, said that 5 of the 18 cases involved contact with camels before symptom onset.
A study yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases reports high long-term success rates of fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) against recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI).
Emory University researchers contacted all eligible patients who received FMT for recurrent CDI from Jul 1, 2012, to Dec 31, 2016. Of 190 eligible patients, 137 (72%) completed the telephone survey.
Only 19 states reported increasing or maintaining their public health budgets, down from 26 last year.
Researchers are relieved to resume experiments, but some public health questions remain.
According to an updated situation report from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), there are now 61 monkeypox cases in that country, 5 more than last month. This is Africa's largest-ever monkeypox outbreak.
A phase 3 trial shows ceftazidime-avibactam "non-inferior" to meropenem.
"Censorship . . . threatens to disrupt a prime goal of government: protecting public safety," the groups write.
According to an updated case count from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are now 174 cases of Candida auris infections in the United States, 17 more than the CDC reported last month.
