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As West Africa cases top 8,000, the patient in Texas dies and the CDC announces airport screening steps.
Federal health officials reported today that enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) has been detected in another patient who died recently, as the case count rose to 664 and Tennessee joined the list of affected states.
Today's update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put the number of deaths of EV-D68-infected patients at five, one more than before, but it provided no details about the case.
The economic impact of Ebola on West Africa could range from $3.8 billion to $32.6 billion by the end of next year, depending on how quickly it can be contained and how far it spreads in the region, the World Bank reported today in a press release.
Screening for travelers landing at US airports may resemble the setup in airports in outbreak nations.
Another 34 patients have tested positive for enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), raising the US total to 628 cases, and Florida has recorded its first confirmed case, according to today's update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Cases have now been confirmed in 44 states, the CDC reported. The only states with no confirmed cases are Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, Tennessee, Alaska, and Hawaii.
The recent death of a 4-year-old is the nation's first directly caused by EV-D68 as cases jump to 594.
The case could mark the first local transmission of Ebola outside of West Africa.
The WHO enphasizes that the virus is known to spread only through contact with bodily fluids, and the CDC probes environmental persistence.
Two new MERS cases were confirmed in Taif, Saudia Arabia, in recent days, while the country's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported deaths in two other case-patients.
As officials announce 24 new EV-D68 cases, they say they can't confirm a link to cases involving polio-like symptoms.
Of the 50 people identified for 21-day fever monitoring, only 10 had high-risk exposure.
A newly released guide developed by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) aims to strengthen the capacity worldwide for collaboration and coordination between national public health and national animal health authorities.
Two of the woman's close contacts have respiratory symptoms and are being tested for MERS-CoV.
So far no other infections have been found in connection with the first US-detected Ebola case.
As of Sep 30, 86 new cases of chikungunya were brought into the United States by travelers, most of them visiting or coming from the Caribbean, according to this week's update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
This brings the total count of imported cases to 1,200. Additionally, Florida has reported 11 locally acquired cases, a number that held steady since last week.
As a WHO panel mapped out how to speed vaccine delivery, outbreak cases topped 7,000.
Following a summer lull in cases, the WHO's MERS panel says the outbreak still falls short of heightened concern.
The CDC says it's not clear what role EV-D68 played in the deaths, but Rhode Island reports a death due to bacterial infection.
The man had revealed his travel history, and 5 schoolchildren are among his contacts.
Large contracts for developing improved diagnostics for influenza in point-of-care settings have been awarded to two companies by the federal government's Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today.
