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In a MERS-CoV situation report today, the World Health Organization (WHO) said there are 58% fewer cases reported in September and October of this year compared with the same period last year.
Sweden joins the growing list of European countries facing high-path avian flu.
New research from Public Health England and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has found that two thirds of raw chicken bought at UK supermarkets in 2013-2014 tested positive for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)–producing Escherichia coli.
Though the CDC reported good progress earlier this year, central-line infections remain a key problem.
Also, a second mouse study finds evidence that the virus damages testes and fertility.
In other developments, the WHO spells out its Zika research priorities and a need for solid long-term funding.
A research letter published today in JAMA said that although mortality from infectious diseases remains low in the United States, influenza and pneumonia account for nearly 40% of all infectious disease deaths.
Higly pathogenic H5N8 was detected in Iran, Denmark, Poland, and the Netherlands.
Health officials from China's Hunan province today said a 47-year-old woman who worked as a farmer in Shaoyang City has died from an H5N6 avian flu infection, Xinhua, China's state news agency, reported today. The woman's illness marks the 16th infection from H5N6, 10 of which were fatal.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of MERS-CoV yesterday. The patient is in critical condition.
A 59-year-old Saudi woman from Najran had symptoms of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) before being admitted to a hospital. The MOH listed her source of infection as primary, meaning she did not contract the virus from another person.
The WHO says it's unlikely that a person will contract H5N8 avian flu.
Klebsiella pneumoniae, E coli, and Acinetobacter all show increasing signs of resistance.
The agency shifts to long-term response, which it says is more likely to provide sustained funding.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A new report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says that while antimicrobial use in livestock production is widely acknowledged as contributing to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), large gaps in knowledge still remain, and more research is needed into how and why resistance emerges and spreads among humans and animals.
Today the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) said the country has three new cases of MERS-CoV. Two of the cases are linked to camel exposure, one of the most common risk factors for the respiratory illness.
Florida has 6 new local infections, and Argentina and Guadeloupe have reported their first microcephaly cases.
Wild birds in Denmark and Switzerland test positive for H5N8, while H5N1 hits Nigeria and H5N6 strikes South Korea.
Isolates resistant to 3 classes of antibiotics rose from 15% in 1999 to 26% in 2012.
The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) said today there were two new cases of MERS-CoV in that country, one linked to camel exposure.
