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Researchers in Denmark report that the use of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) reduced hospital costs in patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (rCDI) by 42%, according to a study in Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology.
The vaccine "has the potential to save tens of thousands of children's lives."
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) health ministry today reported another double-digit rise in Ebola cases, raising the overall total to 1,353 illnesses, according to its daily update.
The 13 cases are all from current epicenters: Katwa (5), Vuhovi (4), and 1 each in Butembo, Mabalako, Masereka, and Beni. Also, health officials are still investigating 68 suspected cases.
Cases have now reached 626 and could soon top the ignomious post-elimination record of 667, reached in 2014.
The Virginia finding is 40 miles from any other detections in the area.
The outbreak has grown to 1,340 cases and 874 deaths.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) today and over the weekend recorded two more cases of MERS-CoV for epidemiologic weeks 16 and 17.
On Apr 20 the MOH said an 83-year-old man from Taif was diagnosed as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infection. The man's case is listed as "primary," and he had recent contact with camels.
A new study by Canadian researchers has found substantial inter-physician variability in antibiotic prescribing that was not explained at all by differences in patients. The findings appeared in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Flu has sickened an estimated 36 million to 41 million people and hospitalized up to 610,000.
Amid a violent attack on outbreak responders, the outbreak total climbed to 1,317 with the addition of 15 new cases.
The MCR-1 colistin-resistance gene has been detected in Salmonella strains isolated from mussel samples in Spain, researchers reported yesterday in Eurosurveillance.
All 8 patients required hospitalization, and the earliest case dates back to 2016.
Cases have now topped 1,300 and include 843 deaths, with no signs of slowing.
The Drug Resistance Index shows disparities in the effectiveness of antibiotics in high- and low-income countries.
With the current resurgence of measles two decades after it was eliminated, the United States is going backward with measles, leading US experts are warning.
Thirteen people in 7 states have been sickened, and the manufacturer has issued a recall.
Traditional chiefs and local officials took new steps to ease community resistance to response efforts.
Barriers in many countries limit treatment options and prevent people from getting the antibiotics they need.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case today in its epidemiologic week 16 report.
A 68-year-old man from Khafji has contracted MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) as a secondary case, meaning likely not from another MERS patient. It's unknown if he had camel contact.
