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Over the weekend and through today, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two MERS-CoV cases, bringing the total number of cases detected in February so far to eight.
China confirms 5,090 new cases and 121 new deaths, raising the counts to 63,851 and 1,380, respectively.
Nearly a fourth of MRSA bloodstream infections were tied to injection drug use.
"The greatest risk is from an unsuspected patient in an unprepared hospital."
Officials will use the nation's flu surveillance system to detect the new coronavirus.
The United Kingdom yesterday announced the launch of a partnership with Nigeria, worth £10.7 million, to fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by improving public health surveillance, upgrading laboratory equipment, and training technicians.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
US flu levels rose for the fourth straight week and are now approaching earlier peak levels, while 14 new flu-related pediatric deaths raised the fatalities in kids to 92 for the season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its weekly FluView report.
Changed diagnostic criteria lead to 13,332 new cases, bringing China's total to near 60,000.
Ideally, anyone coming into a room with a COVID-19 patient should wear a tight-fitting respirator.
All three confirmed Ebola cases reported in the past week in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) involved known transmission chains, which is a good sign, but volatile situations still plague the outbreak region, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in its weekly situation report.
Also, researchers report finding the virus in saliva, but not in a small group of babies born to infected moms.
One of the reagents used in the tests wasn't performing consistently.
The World Health Organization (WHO) Ebola emergency committee that met today to review the outbreak situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recommended continuing the public health emergency of international concern under International Health Regulations.
Iowa officials confirmed 43 chronic wasting disease (CWD) cases in deer harvested during the 2019-20 season or found dead, with four counties reporting the fatal disease for the first time, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reported yesterday.
Contrary to earlier official reports, more than 500 healthcare workers were infected by mid-January.
A beta-lactam added to standard antibiotic therapy did not result in significant improvement.
Tests for chronic wasting disease (CWD) among deer, moose, and elk harvested by hunters during the 2019-20 Montana hunting season found that 142 (2.0%) of 6,977 animals tested were confirmed to have the disease, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (MFWP) reported late last week.
The World Health Organization (WHO) Ebola emergency committee will meet tomorrow to discuss the latest Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) outbreak developments and assess if the situation still warrants a public health emergency of international concern under International Health Regulations.
A WHO advance team landed in China today for a joint international mission.
