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The current spurt of cases might be caused by increased circulation of H5N1 in poultry and other factors.
Sierra Leone burial practices likely helped fuel ongoing virus transmission.
California officials confirmed 7 more cases of measles linked to Disney theme parks in California, bringing the total to 26 cases reported in four states, the Associated Press (AP) reported today.
The new cases include 6 in California and 1 in Washington. Three of the California cases were reported yesterday in San Bernardino County and Long Beach.
Not surprisingly, the entire Northern Hemisphere is seeing increasing influenza activity, with H3N2 most common, but unfortunately in an antigenically drifted strain not well matched to the strain in this year's vaccine, according to an update yesterday from the World Health Organization (WHO).
H5N8 in Taiwan leads a long list of outbreaks in Asia, Europe, North America, and Africa.
Interim report lays out 14 principles to guide the process of providing vaccines.
Recent global health emergencies like Ebola outbreak have shone a spotlight on WHO limits to quickly respond.
Oman has confirmed its second MERS-CoV case of the year—and its fourth overall—apparently in a contact of the most recent MERS patient, who has now died, according to media reports.
Six additional human cases of H5N1 avian flu have been reported by Egypt's health ministry, three on Jan 9 and three more yesterday, according to stories from Ahram Online, part of the country's largest news organization, which brings the total so far this year to 10.
The CDC said today doctors too often fail to use antivirals for high-risk flu patients.
High-level meeting in Geneva says large phase 3 trials in West Africa to test efficacy and safety are next up.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today approved a meningococcal vaccine for infants in sub-Saharan Africa that has already proved successful in older children and young adults along the continent's "meningitis belt," the agency said in a news release.
Also, Washington state takes steps to curb H5N2 outbreaks in backyard flocks.
UN officials meet with local leaders in Liberian hot spot.
AFM cases now total 103, while EV-D68 cases have reached 1,153, including 13 deaths.
December disease reports from China's Fujian and Jiangsu provinces revealed 10 more H7N9 avian influenza infections, none of them fatal, according to reports in Chinese identified, translated, and posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
Fujian province reported six of the cases and Jiangsu province reported four. No other details were available about the cases, other than that none were fatal.
Scientists have identified two mutations usually associated with adaptation to mammals.
The Ebola situations in the three hardest-hit countries continue to reflect a mixed picture.
Avian flu has struck a second backyard poultry flock in Benton County, Washington, according to a story in the area's Tri-City Herald yesterday.
A 53-year-old man in Riyadh has died of a Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported today. His case was not previously reported.
The man, an expatriate, had preexisting disease, was not a healthcare worker, and had no known recent contact with animals or other MERS patients. The agency did not specify when his symptoms began or when he died.
