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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today reported 8 more babies born in the United States with Zika-related birth defects, raising the total to 72. The number of pregnancy losses related to the virus remained at eight. So far 1,579 of 1,883 women who are part of the US Zika Pregnancy Registry have completed their pregnancies, with or without birth defects.
The study shows large releases are most effective in establishing and expanding mosquito populations.
The candidate drug has 3 mechanisms, rendering it formidable against resistance.
Italy, China, and the Netherlands also report outbreaks caused by various strains.
In the latest situation report on the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) said that international vaccine deployment of rVSV-ZEBOV, the experimental Ebola vaccine, and cold chain shipment is not advised at this time to contain the outbreak.
Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) appears to be spreading further into the community and healthcare settings in Denmark, researchers reported yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The protocol for a ring vaccination has been approved by DRC authorities, and a new study yields generally good safety data.
A new report in Clinical Infectious Diseases is providing some additional detail on a cluster of genetically related Neisseria gonorrhea isolates with high-level azithromycin resistance and decreased ceftriaxone susceptibility previously detected in Hawaii.
Saudi Arabia has announced one new MERS-CoV case over the past 4 days, according to updates from the country's Ministry of Health (MOH).
Data showed an interesting ebb and flow, as well as evidence of slowly increasing bacterial resistance.
The number of new H7N9 avian flu cases in China declined again this week, to 9.
The WHO says the cases in India likely reflect low-level transmission.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A surveillance study yesterday in BMC Infectious Diseases reports high levels of resistance to previously recommended antimicrobials in Neisseria gonorrhea isolates from a city in eastern China.
Scientists say it's the first MCR-1 hospital outbreak.
One recommendations is for all nations to assess preparedness and animal health capacities by 2019.
The World Health Organization's (WHO's) regional office for Africa released a new Ebola situation report today, noting fewer cases than previously reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Establishing an effective diagnostics protocol for Zika testing is of utmost importance, the GAO says.
The Florida study suggests a 'perfect storm' of conditions made Miami a favorable setting for Zika and that mosquito control helped reduce disease levels.
Researchers have identified the colistin resistance gene MCR-1 in Escherichia coli samples from two patients in Australia, according to a report yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
