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Of 3 new cases, 2 involve foreign healthcare workers in their 20s in Riyadh.
President Barack Obama today nominated deputy commissioner Robert Califf, MD, as the next Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, Bloomberg News reported. If approved by the Senate, Califf would replace Margaret Hamburg, MD, who stepped down in March after serving 6 years.
Nigeria reported six new outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu affecting more than 28,000 chickens, bringing to 12 the number of outbreaks reported this month, according to separate reports filed yesterday with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
Cases are in some of the country's major cities, such as Jeddah—a primary arrival spot—and Medina.
Sierra Leone has reported two more Ebola cases, including a fatal one that is not part of a recent cluster in the northwestern Kambia district.
Medina cases are a worry, given the throngs of Hajj pilgrims visiting holy sites.
US health officials are grappling with a surge in human cases of tularemia in several states this year, Reuters reported today.
Colorado has had 41 confirmed cases so far this year, Wyoming 14—including 1 death—and South Dakota at least 19, the story said, and a Nebraska official today told CIDRAP News that that state has had 18, for a total of 92 in the four states.
Also, a WHO roundup of 25 recent Saudi cases hints at the types of virus exposure some hospital patients had.
An end-of-season analysis on how seasonal flu vaccines performed in the United Kingdom has found low effectiveness, not much different than the midseason estimate, researchers reported today in Eurosurveillance.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today finalized the first two of seven major rules for implementing the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)—those covering prevention steps for both human and animal food.
With 2 new Saudi cases, results of a gene study hint at enhanced transmissibility.
Along with reporting just 2 new cases, the WHO issues Ebola guidance for pregnancy.
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu has struck Nigerian poultry again, this time a backyard flock in Rivers state in the south, according to a report posted yesterday by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
The virus killed 450 of a flock of 528 broiler chickens, cockerels, and turkeys. The surviving 78 birds were culled to prevent disease spread. All the birds were housed in the same pen.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today that 56 more illnesses have been reported in a multistate Salmonella Poona outbreak linked to cucumbers imported from Mexico, raising the total so far to 341 cases.
Saudi Arabia has had 18 MERS cases since Sep 4, 15 of them in Riyadh.
As Sierra Leone stamps out a new flareup, a Dallas hospital shares lessons learned from treating the first US patient.
Federal health officials on Sep 4 announced a multistate Salmonella Poona outbreak linked to cucumbers imported from Mexico, which triggered a recall by the US-based importer that distributed the products.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said 285 illnesses in 27 states have been reported. So far 1 death has been linked to the outbreak, and 53 people have been hospitalized.
Arbovirus cases, including WNV, were down a bit in 2014, but the diseases had a broad impact.
At least 3 of the 6 new cases involve recent contact with another MERS patient.
Temporary poultry market closures can drop environmental levels of H7N9 and other avian flu viruses, but after stalls reopen, contamination quickly returns to preclosure levels, Chinese researchers reported yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The study took place in Guangzhou, the largest city in southern China's Guangdong province, during the second wave of human illnesses.
