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Four recent Saudi case-patients had frequent contact with camels and often had their milk, both of which are considered risk factors for human disease.
The Obama administration announced today that it is suspending funding of "gain-of-function" (GOF) studies on influenza and other viruses to allow time to assess the risks and benefits of such controversial research and develop a federal policy on it.
Hospital executive faced tough questions from Congress about speed bumps in the response to the quickly evolving Ebola situation.
The count of confirmed enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) cases in the United States reached 796 today, and the number of unexplained neurologic illnesses with potential links to the virus has risen to 37, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The nurse had flown from Ohio hours before she reported having a fever.
The Ebola virus responsible for an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that began in July bears similarities to previous outbreaks in equatorial Africa but is distinct from the virus causing the ongoing epidemic in West Africa and has a different zoonotic origin, say results of a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Much of the meeting focused on effective vaccine, as a US official announced a large clinical trial in Liberia in December.
The CDC has set up a special team to assist any hospital that has a confirmed Ebola patient.
For the fourth day in a row, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed a new case of MERS-CoV, this one in an 82-year old Saudi man from the city of Alkharj in the central part of the country not far from Riyadh, according to an MOH update today.
The event has caused the CDC to rethink approaches and investigate further the role of PPE.
Qatar has reported its first MERS-CoV case this year, according to media reports, while Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed three new cases in as many days, all in men, none of whom are healthcare workers.
A health worker who helped care for a Liberian man who died from Ebola reported a low-grade fever and is isolated in stable condition.
Investigation continues into the geographic extent of the disease and its full spectrum, particularly whether it's related to cases of unexplained limb weakness.
Experts today pushed for new ways to test Ebola treatments, and two groups renewed their urgent pleas for aid.
As the season's first flu deaths occur, some manufacturers have had delays in flu vaccine shipment.
Confirmation has been received that a healthcare worker in Uganda who became ill Sep11 and died Sep 28 had Marburg virus, a relative of the Ebola virus causing havoc in several West African countries. The last Marburg outbreak in Uganda, affecting 20 people and killing 9 of them, was in 2012, according to a notice from the World Health Organization (WHO) today.
The growth in the number of US EV-D68 cases showed a possible sign of slowing today, with just 14 more confirmed.
Canada, Britain announce enhanced screening, as officials in Spain probe how a health worker was infected.
Findings presented at a major infectious disease conference in Philadelphia today suggest that hospital antibiotic stewardship programs can pay unexpected benefits in children.
Costs associated with foodborne illnesses in the United States total more than $15.6 billion annually, according to a data product released Oct 7 by the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Economic Research Service containing updated estimates.
