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Other reports noted detections in hospital patients, sick chickens, and retail meat samples.
President Obama yesterday signaled he would veto a $1.1 billion Zika funding bill passed by the House of Representatives before they adjourned for the 4th of July break, Reuters reported. He said he objects to the deal reached through House and Senate conferencing because it is well short of the $1.9 billion the administration requested back in February.
The campaign's bullseye is the high trade and traffic corridor between Angola and the DRC.
Studies bring bad news and good: that earlier dengue infection can worsen Zika infections, but an antibody against dengue can also neutralize the Zika virus.
The Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case today, bringing the country's total to 1,400, as well as a death in a previously reported MERS patient.
A 55-year-old Bangladeshi man living in Jeddah tested positive for MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). He had primary exposure to the virus, the MOH said, adding that he's currently in stable condition.
In the aftermath of its advisory panel yesterday recommending against inhaled flu vaccine (FluMist) for the upcoming season due to low efficacy, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a statement on the decision and next steps.
The $72 million plan focuses on vaccination, as well as on early detection and case management.
In an emotional vote, CDC advisors recommend against using the nasal spray vaccine.
Feds say coordinated activities can save $1 billion a year.
In other research news, CRISPR screening identifies possible drug targets.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today issued a statement offering new details on 6 cases of MERS-CoV reported on Jun 19 and 20 in Saudi Arabia. Four of the cases are related to the current outbreak at King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh.
Also, agencies publish guidance on Olympics travel and lab testing, and New York City officials outline their Zika response.
The WHO details 20 cases involving the King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh, and new cases are confirmed in both the UAE and in Jeddah.
A study published in the July issue of The Lancet Global Health notes that weakness, fever, distress, and diarrhea were common symptoms in children under the age of 5 years who were being treated for Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa, and many presented without a fever.
Riyadh has 9 new cases, with at least 8 of them tied to a hospital cluster, and the WHO details 6 earlier cases.
Inovio Pharmaceuticals will launch a phase 1 clinical trial of a DNA-based vaccine.
A 4-year-old girl in China's Guangdong province is sick with an H9N2 avian influenza infection, according to a translated report posted Jun 18 by FluTrackers, an infectious disease message board.
Yellow fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been declared an epidemic in three provinces as officials report 1,000 suspected cases, Reuters reported today.
The same test is in use at a Houston-area blood center, with some others facilities in the southern United States planning to start testing.
The disease persists in Angola, local cases were reported in a new part of the DRC's Kinshasa province, and investigators are looking at cases in other nations.
