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Some animal workers in southern China, home of the first H10N8 avian flu infections, may have had asymptomatic or subclinical infections with the strain even before the first human case was recognized in November 2013, so surveillance should continue in this population as well as in healthcare workers, say the authors of a study today in BMC Medicine.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported five new MERS-CoV cases from Oct 25 to today and two deaths on Oct 25, bringing the country's total to 777 cases and 331 deaths since June 2012. One of the deaths occurred in a newly reported case.
The new case on Oct 25 was in a 75-year-old man from Taif, who had contact with suspected or confirmed cases in hospitals or clinics, although he was not a healthcare worker, the MOH said.
An efficacy trial could start in Liberia in December, according to WHO.
Mixed news on Ebola: case confirmation in NYC doctor, nurse released from hospital, and concern over Mali case.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today reported another case of variant H3N2 (H3N2v) influenza, the third this year, and noted the first flu death in a child of the 2014-15 flu season.
Mali's health minister announced the nation's first Ebola infection, and New York City said that a health worker who returned from West Africa has a suspected case.
The national tally of confirmed enterovirus 68 (EV-D68) cases has jumped by 32, to 973, and the count of unexplained and possibly related neurologic-illnesses has increased to 51, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today.
In February a US Navy minesweeper moored in San Diego harbor experienced an influenza-like illness (ILI) outbreak that affected a quarter of the crew—much of it attributed to H3N2 flu—even though almost all of them had received influenza vaccine, according to a report today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
An estimated 9 million people contracted TB globally in 2013, about half a million higher than previous estimates.
The move comes a day after the DHS said travelers from outbreak nations would be funneled through 5 airports.
A 46-year-old Saudi Arabian man has become the 772nd case of MERS-CoV in that country since June 2012. An update from the Saudi Ministry of health (MOH) today lists his case as well as the death of a previously reported MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronovirus) case-patient.
All travelers whose flights originate in outbreak countries must enter the US through 1 of 5 airports.
Backing off on earlier, rosier predictions, an official said large trials in West Africa could begin in January.
After a small flurry of five new MERS-CoV cases over the past few days, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today announced yet another case, this one in a 70-year-old man in Taif, site of three weekend cases.
The infected man, who is hospitalized, is not a healthcare worker, nor did he report any animal exposure. He did, however, have preexisting disease.
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) yesterday issued a series of recommendations to enhance the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service's (FSIS's) ability to prevent Salmonella and Campylobacter contamination of poultry products. The report is dated Sep 30.
The guidance emphasizes unexposed skin and suggests either N-95s or PAPRs for respiratory protection.
Turkey's case involves a man who visited Saudi Arabia, which has a cluster in Taif.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today confirmed 126 new cases of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) in 46 states and the District of Columbia. The outbreak has now reached 922 cases, almost all of them in children, many of whom have asthma.
Ron Klain will lead the US response, and Obama allows Guard and Reserve forces to battle Ebola.
No new cases in Senegal in 42 days, but hundreds have surfaced in the hardest-hit countries.
