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The DRC recorded 16 new Ebola cases from towns and cities across North Kivu and Ituri provinces
Researchers in Finland report in a study yesterday in Clinical Microbiology and Infection that the use of oral antibiotics before joint replacement surgery is common and may lower the risk for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), but indiscriminate use of antibiotics before such surgeries cannot be recommended.
Today Saudi Arabia's ministry of health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case, the third case connected to a household cluster in Riyadh. The notice came in an epidemiologic week 2 notification.
The DRC update for yesterday reported 2 more deaths, bringing the fatality count to 370.
Nineteen states report high flu-like illness activity, and pediatric deaths rose to 13.
A study today in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy shows that online training for general practitioners (GPs) and an online booklet for parents was associated with a decrease in antibiotic prescribing in children with respiratory tract infections (RTIs) and was cost-effective.
Saudi Arabia's health ministry today reported a new MERS-CoV case, the second case in 2019 and involving a household contact of a previous patient, according to an epidemiologic week 1 notification.
"This outbreak is occurring in the most difficult context imaginable," WHO head says.
The most recent imported case to South Korea involved diarrhea but no fever and few respiratory symptoms at first.
The partial government shutdown that began on Dec 22 will have limited impact on most federal public health activities, including flu surveillance and food safety actions, according to official statements and media reports.
The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that Novartis has shared data from its discontinued antibiotics development program on Pew's open-access database, known as SPARK (Shared Platform for Antibiotic Research and Knowledge).
With 10 news cases, the outbreak has grown to 608 infections and 368 deaths.
Saudi Arabia's health ministry yesterday reported a new MERS-CoV case, its first of 2019, according to an epidemiological week 1 notification.
The patient is a 54-year-old man from the city of Riyadh who is hospitalized for his MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) illness. An investigation has so far found that he had no contact with camels or another MERS patient.
A healthcare worker is under observation as the DRC reports 5 new Ebola cases.
Students have more than triple the risk of contracting serogroup B meningococcal disease.
Brazilian researchers report in PLOS One that strains of carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in intensive care unit (ICU) patients at a tertiary teaching hospital were associated with high mortality and several healthcare-related risk factors.
Insufficient clean water and poor sanitation raise the risk of acquiring XDR typhoid in Pakistan.
The 2009 H1N1 strain is dominant, except in the Southeast, where H3N2 is more common.
The DRC health ministry says protest-related disruptions carried over to a second day.
