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Saudi Arabian officials have reported three more MERS cases and one resulting death in the past 2 days, including a case in Buraydah, the site of a series of mostly healthcare-related cases this month.
Only 7 states and Puerto Rico are still experiencing high levels of influenza-like illness.
The updates include guidance on postponing pregnancy, more finely tuned tips to prevent sexual spread, and a push for reliable contraception access in Puerto Rico.
Researchers say Zika might have been brought to the Americas from French Polynesia during a soccer tournament.
The number of bloodstream infections caused by Elizabethkingia anophelis in Wisconsin rose by 5 this week, to 59, bringing the number of US cases to 60.
In a Mar 23 update, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (WDHS) reported 52 confirmed, 4 possible, and 3 "under investigation" cases. Last week's Elizabethkingia total in the state was 54 cases.
Key blood markers may be able to predict for whom latent TB will turn into an active infection.
PAHO employs the Muppets, and Argentina, New Zealand report possible sexual spread.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today reported that 9 more people have been sickened with Salmonella Virchow associated with recalled RAW Meal Organic Shake and Meal powders, bringing the outbreak total to 27 cases.
Also, the WHO details 4 cases, 2 in Buraydah and 1 involving drinking of raw camel milk.
Of 29 recent H7N9 cases, 6 were part of 3 small clusters, but with no sign of sustained spread.
The infected Americans are health workers, ages 33 and 47, the latter of whom died.
Initial tests suggest the 5 new cases, including 4 deaths, are part of a known chain.
In Zika virus developments today, Brazil's health ministry reported 273 more suspected microcephaly cases and the World Health Organization (WHO) released interim guidance on lab testing for Zika infection.
Flu levels in Europe and North America continued to rise, with high but stable activity noted in northern Asia and China, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a Mar 21 update.
The 2009 H1N1 virus is the predominant strain worldwide, though detections of influenza B have increased in Europe and northern Asia.
WHO head calls for a focus on building healthcare capacity, asks for more funds.
A MERS-CoV cluster in Buraydah, Saudi Arabia, has grown by 2 cases, 1 of which was fatal, to 28 since Mar 3, the Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) reported today. The agency also noted that a previously reported patient in Buraydah died from his infection.
A fifth person has died from Ebola virus infection in southeast Guinea in recent days—raising fears of geographic spread—as the country monitors more than 800 possible contacts and Liberia closed its border with Guinea, Reuters reported in separate stories.
Flu showed widespread circulation in 40 states, and another 8 kids died from the virus.
Experts said only 2 of the new methods—Wolbachia and transgenic mosquitoes—were at the stage for carefully designed pilot projects.
A meta-analysis of 50 studies finds vaccine refusal common in measles, pertussis outbreaks.
