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An update today came with strong pleas for Congress to pass $1.9 billion in funding.
Two of the 11 patients have been hospitalized, and 8 of 9 interviewed said they ate pistachios before they fell ill.
The saliva report hints at a possible human-to-human transmission route, and the meningitis report expands the list of possible neuro complications.
The total in the Buraydah hospital outbreak climbed to 17, while a WHO report on a recent fatal Qatar case noted a camel farm connection.
Chinese health officials today reported 10 more H7N9 avian flu infections, 4 of which were fatal, in adults from China's mainland, according to the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) and translated updates posted on FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
Priorities include diagnostic tests, inactivated vaccines, and mosquito-control tools.
Flu levels in the Northern Hemisphere continued to rise, especially in Europe and North America, with high but stabilizing activity noted in areas of northern Asia and the Middle East, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a Mar 7 update.
The 2009 H1N1 virus is the predominant strain worldwide, though the proportion of influenza B detections has increased recently in several regions.
A healthcare-related MERS-CoV cluster in Buraydah, Saudi Arabia, has grown by 1 case to 14 cases in less than a week, and a man in Jeddah has died from the disease, the Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) reported today. The agency also noted that a previously reported patient died from his infection.
The WHO Zika emergency committee, in its 2nd meeting, called for stronger steps.
Review finds evidence that N95s block infectious particles better, but no significant advantage.
Experts offer approaches for moving the GOF conundrum forward that are not mutually exclusive, such as lifting the moratorium, seeking international consensus, and establishing a review board.
A MERS-CoV cluster in Buraydah in north-central Saudi Arabia has grown to 13 cases in recent days as the country's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 2 new infections today, 1 of which was fatal.
The new MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) cases involve foreign men, ages 24 and 56. The older man died. He contracted the disease from another MERS patient, the MOH said.
Egypt has reported a new human case of H5N1 avian influenza, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), apparently marking the first case there this year.
The WHO has convened its Zika emergency committee for the 2nd time, a 3-day countermeasure meeting begins in Geneva, and a mouse study shows promise for a broad-spectrum antiviral drug.
Nine of the cases are in Buraydah, where officials are investigating hospital infections.
An Associated Press (AP) investigation into Metabiota Inc.'s role in Sierra Leone's response to Ebola found that the San Francisco-based epidemic consultant was likely responsible for errors that led to poor understanding of the situation, the AP said today.
The H7N8 outbreak in Indiana during January likely resulted from warm, wet weather and poor biosecurity practices, according to a Mar 4 report from the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
Indiana officials detected the first case of highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI) H7N8 and eight cases of low-pathogenic avian flu (LPAI) H7N8 on turkey farms in Dubois County.
The CDC will host a summit Apr 1, Laos has local transmission, and studies highlight key developments.
A human monoclonal antibody decreased viral load in rabbits, and MERS antibodies were found in Kenyans who tended animals.
US flu activity is more widespread and was responsible for 4 pediatric deaths, the CDC says.
