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A new MERS-CoV Saudi case and two deaths were reported as the WHO named 15 experts to its emergency panel.
HHS awarded $916 million in emergency preparedness grants, down $55 million from last year.
Chinese residents who were polled about 3 weeks into the H7N9 avian flu outbreak had a solid understanding of the disease and its symptoms and trusted government officials, researchers reported in the Journal of Infection.
Their Web-based survey included responses from 637 mainland China residents who were chosen randomly from an online data pool. The response rate was 92%.
WHO prepares in case the disease starts to spread more widely.
One dies and one miscarries after eating Wisconsin company's cheese.
Dual infections are a possible source of reassortment between human and avian flu virus strains.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) warns of an increased risk of invasive meningitis in men who have sex with men (MSM) after recent reports of cases from three countries, said a news release today on a rapid risk assessment issued Jul 3.
Recent identification of the first variant H3N2 (H3N2v) cases linked to county fairs this summer prompted the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue a Health Alert Network (HAN) advisory today to health providers that contains the latest information about testing patients and investigating outbreaks.
Officials in Indiana report that 8 people are newly infected with the H3N2v flu virus.
Chinese researchers put the virus though its paces in a host of laboratory tests.
A patient long hospitalized in London dies as WHO offers help on finding how this disease is reaching humans.
Cambodian health officials have identified another H5N1 avian influenza case, in a 58-year-old man who tested positive for flu in January but whose samples revealed co-infection with H5N1 in routine retrospective tests.
Another 47 people in 23 states have been infected with Salmonella Typhimurium since Jun 6 in an outbreak linked to chicks, ducklings, and other live baby poultry, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced yesterday.
Two more Saudis have died of MERS infections, Saudi Arabia reported today.
Cambodia today reported an H5N1 avian flu death in a 6-year-old girl; the country has been hard-hit this year.
Four more people have been sickened with hepatitis A after eating a berry mix that contained contaminated pomegranate seeds from Turkey, raising the total the 131, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday in its latest update.
Four more patients have been hospitalized for their infections, raising that total to 59. The latest illness onset is Jun 24.
A 10-year CDC study found an uptick in outbreaks linked to leafy vegetables and dairy products.
The FDA will detain pomegranate seeds from Goknur Foodstuffs of Turkey over hepatitis concerns.
A multistate outbreak of fungal infections linked to contaminated steroids grew in June by 4 cases and 3 deaths, to 749 cases and 61 deaths, the CDC said today. Its previous update was Jun 3.
Last week's report of four variant H3N2 (H3N2v) influenza cases linked to a county fair in Indiana "may foreshadow a number of outbreaks this summer," like those last summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a Jun 28 update statement.
