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Health officials in Scotland have announced the country's first detection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria harboring the MCR-1 gene.
The pace of yellow fever cases in Angola has slowed further but shows no sign of relenting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) said in an update today. Meanwhile, an Associated Press (AP) report highlighted the organization's response failings, including a million lost doses of vaccine.
"Sobering reminder . . . that Zika can cause serious harm to a developing fetus."
Protection against hospitalization for influenza was 57% and varied little among all age-groups, even in those 75 and older.
A series of articles in a supplement to the latest issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases address what is termed a "crisis" in antibiotic development with recommendations to improve a critical stage in the process—clinical trials.
Saudi Arabia confirmed a new MERS-CoV case today in Medina, according to its Ministry of Health (MOH).
Antibodies from infected people were able to inhibit strains from both Asian and African lineages.
The case is outside of Wynwood, where the other 14 cases were reported.
A new study in The Lancet shows that C-reactive protein (CRP) testing performed at the point of care safely reduced antibiotic use in patients with acute respiratory infections in Vietnam, without compromising patients' recovery.
The stopgap funds will help track adverse outcomes in babies born to moms infected with Zika virus.
One isolate was also resistant to beta-lactams, fluoroquinolones, and florfenicol.
A number of studies conducted at the time of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic and shortly afterward reported a higher risk of severe disease in obese patients, while some did not. Today a study in Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses found that obesity was not a risk factor for the more general condition called influenza-like illness (ILI).
A new study from a team of French researchers suggests that when bacteria acquire plasmids containing drug-resistant genes, they rarely lose them.
The CDC says pregnant women should avoid travel to a fairly small area north of downtown Miami.
The finding suggests that future antiobitic candidates could be found within the human body.
Biotechnology firm Seres Therapeutics announced late last week that SER-109, a drug designed to treat patients with recurring Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs), failed in a phase 2 study.
Contrary to some hypotheses, 1918 pandemic flu did not shorten the lifespan of survivors, at least in male soldiers, New Zealand researchers reported today in Epidemiology and Infection.
The funds will help health departments nationwide identify resistant bacteria quickly and will support 7 regional labs.
"As we anticipated, Zika is now here," CDC Director Tom Frieden says.
A CDC official says 1,500 pregnant women in Puerto Rico might be infected and not know it.
