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A new estimate of disease burden due to flu, the most detailed demographic analysis of its kind so far, found that lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) due to flu are linked to about 145,000 deaths each year across all age groups. Researchers from the Global Disease Burden 2017 Influenza Collaboration published their findings yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
The number of cases in New York and New Jersey measles clusters sparked by international travelers continues to grow, according to updates from county and state health departments.
Health officials are on high alert for potential spread to Goma, North Kivu province's capital and largest city.
Results indicate that a 7-day course of antibiotics is not inferior to a 14-day course.
A Salmonella Newport outbreak linked to tainted ground beef products has sickened 87 more people, raising the outbreak total to 333 people in 28 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in an update.
Starting in 2022, the company will begin reporting progress on meeting targets for medically important drugs.
A lead WHO official says the most recent wave of cases has proved especially challenging, with cases widely dispersed.
US scientists report that the Etest, made by the French company bioMerieux, outperformed disc tests and is a suitable alternative to broth microdilution (BMD) for testing ceftazidime combined with avibactam against ceftazidime- and meropenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, according to results published yesterday in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Lassa fever activity in Nigeria is increasing again, following an unprecedented outbreak earlier this year for which the acute phase was declared over on May 10, the World Health Organization's (WHO's) African regional office reported today in its weekly update.
With 13 new illnesses in 3 days and 8 older ones just confirmed, the outbreak has now reached 498 cases.
About 61% of kids in children's hospitals got guideline-concordant therapy, compared with only 27% in non-children's hospitals.
Despite last week's suggestion that the country's acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) outbreak was at its peak, new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show 24 more cases recorded last week, raising outbreak totals to 158. The outbreak now surpasses 2016's total of 149 confirmed cases, which was the previous high.
Female patients represent 62% of cases, and children 14 years and under 24%—worrisome statistics.
The findings are the first reported of the hypervirulent, highly resistant strain outside of China.
Costco today updated its animal welfare standards to include a policy on the responsible use of antibiotics in its meat and poultry supply chains, according to shareholder advocacy group As You Sow.
In new romaine-linked Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak developments, federal health officials yesterday reported nine more illnesses and said trace-back investigations are focusing on 12 growers.
The percentage of outpatient visits for influenza-like illnesses (ILI) is 2.2%, the same as the national baseline, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) FluView report for the week ending Dec 1.
"We have to make sure pregnant women are on the agenda, so they will never again be left unprotected."
Officials confirm 13 new cases, bringing the outbreak total to 471 cases and 273 deaths.
India's government may be nearing a ban on using the antibiotic of last resort for growth promotion.
