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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee is meeting today to discuss the new drug application (NDA) for cefiderocol, an investigational antibiotic developed by Shionogi, Inc, a US-based subsidiary of Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi & Co.
Yesterday three of the nation's biggest health organizations—the American Lung Association, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Heart Association—recommended that Americans living with chronic health conditions get this year's seasonal influenza vaccine.
Though declines are not consistent across countries, antibiotic sales are down 32.5% since 2011.
Outbreak totals climb to 3,224 infections, including 2,150 fatal ones.
As the Southern Hemisphere nears the end of its typical flu season, influenza activity continues to decline, with a second wave of activity in Chile—mainly from influenza B—slowing, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest global flu update.
The Johnson & Johnson Ebola vaccine will be rolled out in November, officials say.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) this weekend reported three new MERS-CoV infections, bringing the total for the month to six.
The first MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) case involves an 80-year-old man in Buraydah in the north-central part of the country, the MOH said on Oct 12. Officials listed his case as "primary," meaning it's unlikely he contracted the disease from another MERS patient.
The WHO continues to say that progress in curtailing the outbreak must be balanced with caution.
Patients who received probiotics concurrently with antibiotics were more likely to have an incident of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) than those who didn't receive probiotics, researchers reported yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Control.
In its latest weekly update, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) said today that Pakistan recorded three new cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) this week, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Central African Republic recorded new cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2).
The virus can have long-lasting consequences for those exposed in utero and will likely strike again, experts say.
Only 27 health zones are now reporting cases, down from 207 during the peak of the outbreak.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday announced a 13-state Salmonella Oranienburg outbreak linked to pet turtles that has sickened at least 21 people.
Of the 21 patients, 7 have been hospitalized but none have died, the CDC said. Illness-onset dates vary from May 29 to Sep 3, and patients range in age from less than 1 to 80 years, with a median age of 24.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on drug maker Johnson & Johnson to lower the price of bedaquilin, an oral medication for the treatment of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
The threat has not received "the exceptional policy action many consider necessary," experts say.
Also, tomorrow the WHO's Ebola emergency committee will meet to discuss the latest outbreak developments.
Based on new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showing that sexually transmitted disease (STD) levels hit an all-time high in 2018, the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) yesterday issued an urgent call for more federal funding to battle the diseases.
Experts underscore "pull" incentives to boost profits.
Only 54% of pregnant women get the flu vaccine, and 55% receive Tdap.
