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A Kansas resident who died this past summer was infected with a new virus that may have been carried by ticks, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) reported in a press release yesterday.
China today reported the world's second known human case of H5N6 avian flu, in a 58-year-old man in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said.
The first case, in early May, was in Sichuan province and proved fatal.
The current H5N6 patient is hospitalized in critical condition in Guangzhou, the CHP said in a press release. His close contacts have shown no sign of illness.
The CDC director said Ebola outbreak conditions have improved since his first visit, but tough challenges remain.
Peramivir, made by BioCryst, is intended to be given to influenza patients in a single intravenous dose.
Total cases of chikungunya in the ongoing outbreak in the Caribbean and Americas now number 1,071,354, an increase of 36,428 from the previous week's total, according to a Dec 19 update from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) today announced seven more H7N9 avian influenza infections—four of them fatal—in three different provinces on China's mainland. In a statement it said four patients are from Xinjiang, two are from Zhejiang, and one is from Jiangsu.
Almost 70% of H3N2 strains are mismatched with the vaccine, and 4 more kids have died.
In the first stop of a 3-day tour, the UN director warned against easing up on response efforts.
After 28 cases and 5 deaths, officials warn against eating any commercially made caramel apples.
An H5N8 influenza virus has been detected in a backyard poultry flock in southwestern Oregon, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) reported today, just 3 days after H5N8 and H5N2 viruses were found in wild birds in neighboring Washington.
The national count for acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), an unexplained polio-like illness in children, has increased by 8, to 102 cases in 34 states, the Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) reported yesterday.
New information now indicates phase 2 trials will most likely start in Africa in February.
TFAH says many states have a mediocre level of infectious-disease preparedness.
In the latest gain-of-function (GOF) research news, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has allowed five such studies involving a mouse model for MERS-CoV and two influenza studies to continue after a 2-month moratorium, NPR reported today.
Case counts vary, but progress is being made toward the UN goal of isolating & treating, and safely burying where necessary, all Ebola patients.
In the wake of this week's symposium on gain-of-function (GOF) virologic research, the next step is for a federal advisory panel to develop plans for a risk-benefit analysis of such studies, says a spokeswoman for the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
The Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak related to mung bean sprouts has grown by 24 cases since the CDC's last report on Dec 4, bringing the total to 111 cases in 12 states, according to yesterday's CDC update.
A report in MMWR details challenges investigation teams in West Africa have faced.
The 2 highly pathogenic strains in Washington state raise questions about possible connections with outbreaks in Canada and Europe.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new MERS-CoV cases today, bringing the country's total to 821 cases.
