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MERS virus was detected in hospital air samples and swabs of hard surfaces during the height of Korea's outbreak in 2015, according to a study today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Also, a gene sequence analysis reveals more about how the outbreak virus evolved and why it spreads so fast.
Of the 16 cases noted by the WHO, 9 are in Buraydah, 6 proved fatal, and 4 involved camel contact.
Exceptional Ebola surveillance and swift responses to outbreaks will be the key to taking advantage of the availability of Ebola vaccines, say three experts who offered their thoughts on the future use of such vaccines in a new article from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Health officials reported sexual transmission of Zika virus involving a gay couple.
To preserve cultures as a key disease detection tool, the CDC recommends that labs do them whenever the faster test suggests a bacterial infection.
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) today released 27 antibiotic stewardship recommendations to improve patient outcomes, optimize resources, address the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, and more, according to the two groups.
A comprehensive peer-reviewed analysis demonstrates the link between the virus and the birth defect.
Health officials in Illinois yesterday reported a fatal Elizabethkingia anopheles bloodstream infection, noting that the strain matches the one implicated in Wisconsin's outbreak, according to state and federal sources. With the announcement from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), three states, including Michigan, are investigating cases.
The first full description of the Rio outbreak reveals that itching is a common feature.
At least some of the 151 Congo yellow fever cases are tied to a big outbreak in Angola.
Two cases involve camel contact, and Saudi officials report 3 outbreaks in herds.
New studies of Ebola's long-term effects in survivors found evidence of neurologic, psychiatric, and optical problems more than a year after recovery, according to two presentations this week at the 26th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID).
As studies show more neuro problems, US officials urge full Zika funding.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new MERS-CoV cases, one recovery, and the deaths of two previously reported patients over the past several days.
Chinese health officials today released the country's monthly infectious disease report, which lists 17 H7N9 cases and 7 deaths that occurred during March.
Six of the 17 cases and six deaths listed in China's National Health and Family Planning Commission update had not been previously reported, according to FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board. No demographic information about the new cases was provided.
With the CDC reporting 467 cases so far, college officials hone their response.
One patient suffered brain hemorrhage, and two others had ischemic brain lesions.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday upgraded its travel alert for individuals going to Angola to level 2 out of 3 ("practice enhanced precautions"), recommending that all travelers to the country who are 9 months of age or older be vaccinated for yellow fever, and Angola's ministry of health now requires that anyone of this age entering the country have proof of vaccination, according to the
Major markers of US influenza generally continued their gradual decline last week, but seven more flu-related deaths in children were reported, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) weekly update today.
