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Veterinary officials in two countries reported highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks from different strains, H5N6 in Vietnam and H3N2 in Taiwan.
The vaccine was 100% effective in those who received it soon after possible exposure, setting the scene for it quickly to become a useful response tool.
The WHO announces a unified program for health emergencies, vaccine support, and other reforms.
Cyclospora illness—which previously this summer had been almost exclusively reported in Texas—has now affected 358 people in 26 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an update today.
More than half (199, or 56%) had symptoms that began after May 1 and reported no international travel before becoming sick, the agency said.
Also, a Nature editorial says the DoD's anthrax missteps highlight regulation inequalities.
HPV vaccine uptake, though up slightly, was just 60% in girls and 42% in boys.
Bipartisan leaders of the US House oversight and investigations subcommittee yesterday continued to press federal health officials for answers about seasonal flu preparedness in the wake of a mismatch between the vaccine and the main circulating strain last season.
A Salmonella outbreak linked to stuffed, raw chicken entrees that might appear to be cooked has grown to nine cases, as new individual cases in Minnesota and Illinois push the number of affected states to four, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an update yesterday.
The agency reported seven outbreak cases on Jul 16.
With only 7 new cases, the countries recorded their lowest Ebola levels in more than a year.
Saudi Arabia reported another new MERS-CoV case in Riyadh today, while the World Health Organization (WHO) supplied details on eight other recent cases, including two possible chains of transmission involving at least five of the patients.
South Korea's government considers the hospital-linked outbreak over, as researchers reported on early vaccine and antibody findings.
The transfer of potentially live B anthracis by an Army lab involved 575 shipments in 10 years, an official said.
Influenza activity is increasing in Australia, New Zealand, and South America, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in an update yesterday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) waited until last week to set a policy to centralize reporting of all lab mishaps within the agency despite previous high-profile lab accidents and promises of change, according to a USA Today story yesterday.
Germany is the second European country to report a recent highly pathogenic H7N7 outbreak in poultry.
Vaccine efficacy was 60.3% for all ages but lower in kids under 9.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case over the weekend and a death in a previously reported patient, both in Riyadh.
The new case involves a 30-year-old Saudi man who is hospitalized in stable condition, the MOH reported on Jul 25. He is not a healthcare worker but had contact with a MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) patient in either a community or hospital setting, the MOH said.
A report points to faulty inactivation of Bacillus anthracis spores and inadequate testing.
Decades in the making, the world's first malaria vaccine was cleared by European regulators and awaits WHO decisions.
Researchers found that the World Health Organization (WHO) Ebola case definition has a specificity of only 31.5%, and they noted that 9% of Ebola patients reported neither a fever nor any Ebola risk exposure, calling into question WHO norms, according to a large study yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
