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The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) said in its latest update today that four countries reported a total of eight new polio cases in the previous week, including vaccine-derived polio cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Central African Republic.
The plan focuses on 10 strategic priorities, including combating antimicrobial resistance.
According to the World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard, officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed 8 new cases of the disease today, raising the outbreak's overall total to 3,099. Health officials are also investigating 409 suspected cases.
Three new deaths were also recorded, which moves the fatality count to 2,074, the WHO said.
Chick-fil-A today announced it has reached its goal of serving only chicken raised without the routine use of antibiotics, an ambition it set in 2014, according to a company news release.
Incidence of the strain increased from 5% of northwest London isolates in 2014 to 33% in 2016.
Dangerous microbes are gaining a foothold.
Seven more confirmed Ebola infections were reported today in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising the outbreak's overall total to 3,091, according the World Health Organization (WHO) online Ebola dashboard. Health officials are also investigating 451 suspected cases.
One more person died from Ebola, listing the fatality count to 2,071.
Cases have grown to 3,084, including 2,070 deaths.
Stuart Levy, MD, who years ago warned about antibiotic overuse, died last week.
California Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday signed two bills that limit medical exemptions for vaccines in schoolchildren.
New data from a study by Swedish researchers indicates meropenem is an effective alternative empirical treatment option for adults who have community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis (ABM). The findings appeared yesterday in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
People often turn first to local clinics, which aren't as prepared to detect the virus.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today it has received reports of 7 more measles cases last week, lifting the number of confirmed cases this year to 1,241 from 31 states. However, it noted that only 2 of the patients were recently sick and that the other 5 are past cases.
Response efforts face challenges like continued insecurity, unrest, community resistance, and funding shortages.
More than 80% of the dogs' positive findings are in the general hospital environment.
A study of antibiotic resistance surveillance systems and gross national income (GNI) in 67 countries suggests that low-income status is linked to higher rates of invasive infections caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens, German and Italian researchers reported today in The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Two new cases of wild poliovirus in Afghanistan and several cases of vaccine-derived polio in a handful of other countries were noted today in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's (GPEI's) weekly update. Myanmar, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Ethiopia all recorded vaccine-derived cases.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Five new infections and 5 new fatalities raise the total to 3,054 cases and 2,050 deaths.
The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for refusing to provide documents related to the EPA's decision to allow expanded use of medically important antibiotics on citrus trees.
