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New report says sizable share of lab workers are afraid to report safety lapses and CDC risks losing its credibility.
As part of its ongoing influenza pandemic preparedness efforts, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for the development of candidate vaccine viruses based on H5N1 viruses from recent human cases in Egypt and an H5N8 virus that was found in a wild bird in Washington state in December.
Sierra Leone announces a quarantine for its western regions, as more US health workers are evacuated.
The decline of US TB cases showed signs of slowing last year, as the WHO sets an ambitious goal of reducing global TB cases by 90% in 20 years.
Two common antibiotics used for serious skin infections—clindamycin and trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) —both had about an 80% success rate in curing uncomplicated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin infections, according to a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
Though patterns look promising in Sierra Leone and Liberia, cases spiked in Guinea.
Some wildlife disease experts warn against jumping to easy conclusions.
Concern over a potential for causing dental staining often prevents doctors from using the best drug to treat Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in young children. But a new study suggests that this concern is groundless, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
A low-pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) virus of the H7N3 subtype has hit a commercial turkey farm in California's Central Valley, causing only mild illness in the birds, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Other Ebola developments include the departure of Cuba's team from Liberia, new information on evacuee contact monitoring, and outbreak case totals.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported a new MERS-CoV case, continuing the steady stream that began early this year.
The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is declining in Europe, but the continent still sees 1,000 new cases a day and drug-resistant TB remains at high levels, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization's Regional Office for Europe (WHO Europe) said in a joint surveillance report today.
An American health worker is in critical condition, and several US health worker contacts, and one from the UK, have been flown home for observation.
Over the weekend Saudi Arabia reported five more MERS cases, along with three deaths.
A backyard flock of chickens and ducks within the Kansas City metropolitan area had to be destroyed.
Twelve more H5N1 avian influenza infections have been reported from Egypt over the past 5 days, according to translated governorate health department reports and a batch of notifications today from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Also, US officials say H5N2 viruses in Missouri, Arkansas, and Minnesota match one from a wild bird in Washington state.
As an infected American health worker arrives at the NIH, potentially exposed US and UK health workers are flown home.
Federal officials noted several biosafety lapses at a Tulane University animal lab after animals were infected with Burkholderia pseudomallei, the bacterium that causes melioidosis, or Whitmore's disease, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today.
The US flu season continues to overstay its annual visit, with influenza B detections rising and overall levels remaining elevated for the 16th week in a row, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today. The previous 13 flu seasons have lasted an average of 13 weeks.
