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Daily updates from the health ministry resume and detail contact tracing in Goma, where local spread recently began.
In the latest polio developments, Afghanistan and Pakistan reported more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases, and three African nations and Malaysia reported circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus in cases, contacts, or the community, according to a weekly update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Aug 1
In other developments, the WHO said Beni is still the main hot spot and that the pace of new infections hasn't changed much.
Two case studies today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report highlight the importance of screening for drug-resistant organisms in patients who've had recent medical care outside the United States
"This outbreak is one with unprecedented challenges." the WHO's Moeti says.
Officials have confirmed 127 cases in 33 states, and 26 people have been hospitalized.
CARB-X today announced funding for the development of an alternative treatment for infections caused by a multidrug-resistant strain of Escherichia coli.
Emergent BioSolutions announced yesterday that the US Health and Human Services (HHS) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has exercised a contract option worth $261 million to buy doses of anthrax vaccine adsorbed with adjuvant (AV7909) for the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS).
So far, health officials haven't found a connection to a case reported earlier this month.
Patient-to-patient, between-hospital spread is common.
Leafy greens from several grocery store chains tested positive for Listeria bacteria, in an experiment conducted by Consumer Reports that's kicked off an investigation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Taco Bell announced yesterday that it aims to reduce the amount of medically important antibiotics used in its US and Canadian beef supply chains by 25% by 2025.
With 41 new cases in recent days, the outbreak has grown to 2,671 infections, including 1,782 fatalities.
Sixteen more measles cases were reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week, lifting the total for 2019 to 1,164. The number of affected states held steady at 30, according to the CDC's regular weekly update today.
A 132-case outbreak linked to basil is part of the nation's 580 lab-confirmed infections so far this year.
Ebola infections have been reported in 10 more people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) outbreak, raising the total to 2,630, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) online dashboard today. Health officials are still investigating 344 suspected cases.
An effort to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in New York City hospitals was associated with a modest decrease in prescribing for acute respiratory infections (ARIs), according to a study today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
The current wave in Beni involves more cases and is longer than its first wave.
