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The CDC will host a summit Apr 1, Laos has local transmission, and studies highlight key developments.
A meta-analysis published yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases suggests that dengue infection in pregnant women may increase the risk of adverse fetal outcomes such as preterm birth and low birth weight.
Also, Brazil notes more than 200 new suspected microcephaly cases and results of lab experiments in common Culex mosquitoes, while the FDA releases guidance on screening of cells and tissue.
Today's CDC report focused on the six most concerning antibiotic-resistant bacteria and found better progress against them in short-term healthcare settings.
Wisconsin health officials are investigating an outbreak of 44 bloodstream infections in mostly older patients, with 18 deaths, caused by a bacterium called Elizabethkingia anophelis, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (WDHS) announced yesterday.
The study from French Polynesia comes as the WHO publishes related guidance.
MRSA infections have declined in recent years, paralleling a drop in adults.
Members of the JIKI Study Group reported inconclusive and varied results for use of the antiviral medication favipiravir to treat Ebola virus disease, according to a study yesterday in PLOS Medicine.
Researchers put the overall GBS risk at 2.4 for every 10,000 people infected with Zika virus.
The goal is to flesh out a public health research agenda on Zika issues.
In a surprise finding, South Korean researchers observed point mutations in MERS-CoV isolates that rendered the virus less virulent as the outbreak in that country spread last year, a finding that may have ramifications for vaccine development, according to a study today in mBio.
As cases of the mosquito-borne disease mount, the CDC urges pregnant women to skip going to the Summer Olympics in Brazil.
One of the new cases proved fatal, and the WHO reported on 6 previous cases, 3 of which were fatal.
A Scottish nurse who was recently hospitalized with Ebola complications for a second time has been released from Royal Free Hospital in London yesterday, according to a statement from the facility.
An outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu accounting for the death of more than 1,000 birds of unspecified variety in southern Vietnam and was reported Feb 26 to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) by health officials in the country.
The CDC details 6 sexual transmission cases, some in pregnant women.
Flu activity by a number of measures picks up, especially in the Southwest, and the CDC reports a flu-related death in a child.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today confirmed two new MERS-CoV infections in Saudi men, marking 11 new cases in as many days.
Findings include neurologic problems and a potential for virus survival in semen for 18 months.
Protection against the H1N1 strain was 51%, compared with 76% to 79% against B strains.
