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A man from Zhejiang province is in critical condition with H7N9 flu, the first case in 2 months.
Children's first measles-containing vaccine dose should be given by 15 months of age because of an increased risk of fever and seizures when given later in their second year, according to findings of a retrospective, cohort study published yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics.
Vietnam's agriculture ministry yesterday reported an H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in ducks in chickens at village in Hoa Binh province, according to a report from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The virus killed 370 of 1,175 susceptible birds, and the remaining 805 birds were destroyed to control the spread of the virus.
As the Hajj starts, the WHO confirms two previously reported Saudi MERS cases, both fatal.
A San Francisco Costco store has recalled 39,755 pounds of chicken linked to a Salmonella outbreak.
As the end of the Southern Hemisphere's flu season draws near, activity in Australia and New Zealand seems to have peaked, though over the last few weeks South Africa has seen a second, smaller peak, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in a global flu update.
The United States experienced a marked increase in imported measles cases in 2011. A new analysis of 16 outbreaks that year involving imported measles found that they cost public health agencies from $2.7 million to $5.3 million.
Public health groups are lining up to oppose 'piecemeal' efforts to fund federal agencies.
The lack of national flu data is starting to cause worry, especially over novel or resistant strains.
Foster Farms has taken adequate contamination-control steps at three of its California plants linked to a multistate Salmonella outbreak to have the plants remain operational, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said, according to an NBC News report yesterday.
The USDA told Foster Farms it will block plant operations if the company doesn't take quick action.
Discovery of the first new botulinum toxin in 40 years is coupled with withholding key data for security reasons.
Pre-Hajj survey finds that at-risk French pilgrims aren't cancelling plans because of MERS.
Texas researchers have found evidence of 47 cases of dengue infection after testing 3,768 clinical specimens from Houston-area patients suspected of having a mosquito-borne viral disease from 2003 through 2005, according to their findings published yesterday in Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases.
More on the current outbreak, including that DNA footprints match those of Salmonella outbreak earlier this year.
A German research team that analyzed and compared H7N9 influenza virus from a diseased human and H7 viruses from birds found that the human strain replicated as well as seasonal flu in lab culture designed to mimic human lung tissue, but the avian H7 strain grew poorly. They reported their findings yesterday in the latest edition of mBio.
In a randomized controlled trial in France, a statin drug failed to improve survival rates in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), according to a report published online today by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Multistate outbreak affecting hundreds highlights public health consequences of fed shutdown.
At a malaria conference in South Africa today, researchers reported more promising findings for a vaccine that is furthest along in development, and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) officials said they now intend to submit a regulatory application for it to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in 2014, according to a company press release.
Wearing gowns and gloves in all ICU rooms didn't lower the combined levels of two key drug-resistant threats significantly.
