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Multistate events are linked to 56% of outbreak deaths even though they make up just 3% of outbreaks.
The new patient is in Riyadh, and a study highlights a 38-patient cluster that saw a 55% fatality rate.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday stepped down its travel warnings for both Sierra Leone and Liberia, with Ebola activity continuing at zero weekly cases in both countries.
Liberia was declared free of the disease for a second time on Sep 3, and Sierra Leone will reach that mark on Nov 7 if no new cases are detected before then.
Cases in a Liberian hot spot last summer may have been triple what was reported.
After a weekend with no MERS-CoV cases, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case today away from recent hot spots and yesterday reported the death of a previously confirmed patient.
A 7-year study of naturally acquired flu infections revealed that viral shedding mirrors the clinical profile for influenza A infections, but not influenza B. A research group based in Hong Kong—where the study took place—published its findings Oct 30 in an early online issue Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The group of 28 experts continues to offer Ebola vaccine guidance and says its concept could be used in other outbreaks.
The plan includes ways to improve safety and security at US labs that conduct infectious disease research.
Two studies show that the cholesterol drugs may blunt immune response to flu vaccine in seniors.
Hawaii health officials have confirmed two locally acquired dengue infections and are investigating four probable cases, all on the state's big island of Hawaii.
Further testing is under way at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Hawaii State Department of Health (HSDOH) has sent an alert to clinicians yesterday to report suspected cases, the agency said in a press release.
The latest patient is a foreign health worker, the eighth case in a Hofuf hospital cluster.
Recommendations include executive-level management that spells out a national plan, pulls together a policy council, and unifies the biodefense budget.
Health plans in general are doing a poor job at raising human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination levels in adolescent girls, according to researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and their collaborators at Princeton University. The team published its findings in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
For the 2nd week in a row, Guinea reported 3 new Ebola patients, all from the same family and one pregnant.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed that a seven-case MERS-CoV cluster in Hofuf involves Almana General Hospital and includes a nurse, according to a machine-translated statement posted today by Avian Flu Diary, a leading infectious disease blog.
Two drug manufacturers—MedImmune and Sanofi Pasteur—have reported delays in shipping quadrivalent (four-strain) flu vaccines, including the nasal spray, but the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) doesn't anticipate an overall shortage for the season, USA Today reported today.
Two cases are part of what appears to be a growing hospital outbreak in Hofuf, and the other 2 are in Riyadh.
Only about a third of US teen boys have received even one dose of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, and only about one in seven has received the recommended three doses, with uptake a bit higher in some minority groups, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday in Pediatrics.
Two cases are part of a hospital cluster in Hofuf, Al-Kharj reported fatal MERS, and Riyadh has a new case.
Officials said 5 super-spreaders caused 83% of cases, and they confirmed a new MERS death.
