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Frieden: "Urgent actions can save both lives and money."
In today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and local health officials said rancid tortilla chips were to blame for an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness that sickened 79 workers and inmates at a correctional facility in Wyoming a year ago.
A "real-world" analysis of flu vaccine effectiveness (VE) today in Eurosurveillance that included 2 million Stockholm County, Sweden, residents each season found low flu VE in general but surprisingly robust results in two of the four seasons in adults 65 years and older who had chronic conditions.
Elsewhere, Florida notes 9 new local cases, and the WHO spells out its research agenda.
Jack Payne Woodall, PhD, 81, died Monday at his home in London after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Woodall might be best known for cofounding ProMED (Program for Monitoring Emerging Disease) in 1994, the online outbreak reporting system run by the International Society for Infectious Diseases, according to a Stat obituary today.
Also, 2 British travelers report contracting Zika in Miami, and Florida reports 2 new local cases.
Melinta Therapeutics yesterday submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug for the approval of intravenous and oral Baxdela (delafloxacin), an antibiotic for the treatment of bacterial skin and skin structure infections.
The CDC celebrates World Polio Day with hopeful talk of the finish line.
Only half of outpatients get the recommended first-line antibiotic for sore throats, etc.
Saudi Arabia reported three more MERS-CoV cases yesterday and today, one of them a fatal case that is linked to what appears to be a hospital-related outbreak in Hofuf.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), according to a news release its manufacturer, Merck.
High demand, production problems, and lack of raw materials contribute to the shortage, which has hindered immunization campaigns at a crucial time.
Today the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) said there were three new cases of MERS-CoV in the country, including two cases acquired in the healthcare settings.
A new study out of Spain has found that antibiotic de-escalation in adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia appears safe and effective and does not adversely affect outcomes.
Also, Florida has a new local case, and infections in US pregnant women approach 900.
Syphilis cases jumped 19%, gonorrhea increased by 12.8%, and chlamydia by 5.9% from 2014.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case, the country's fifth in 6 days.
Cases of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) have been identified in three students at a university in Romania and in a family contact, according to a report yesterday from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
More Zika in Florida traps, blood banks.
The non-profit highlights policies that could save billions in avoidable healthcare costs, it says.
