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According to a survey conducted in the middle of November, only 43% of Americans said they have been vaccinated against flu, 14% plan on being vaccinated, while 41% said they don't plan on being immunized against the disease.
The WHO reports that cases dropped from 46 confirmed illnesses 2 weeks ago to 28 last week—and 43 health workers are now infected.
Two articles yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases describe severe infections caused by highly virulent strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sequence type (ST) 398, a clonal type that is usually associated with animals.
A new study from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Missouri researchers tested specimens collected from blood donors in northwestern Missouri, and found Heartland virus antibodies in 0.9% of samples. The study appeared yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
In 17 nations, most notably China and India, broader-spectrum drugs are more widely used.
With 9 new infections, the country now has 453 cases and 268 deaths, and 71 people are under investigation.
Annual sentinel surveillance of Neisseria gonorrhea isolates in 25 European countries has found decreasing susceptibility to ceftriaxone, according to a study yesterday in BMC Infectious Diseases.
New cases are in 8 locations, and a WHO official expressed concern over vaccine supplies.
The CDC has now confirmed 134 cases this year, compared with 149 in 2016.
The use of an algorithm that recommends stopping antibiotics for lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) based on procalcitonin (PCT) levels was associated with reduced antibiotic duration without increasing adverse outcomes, researchers at an academic tertiary care hospital report today in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
An analysis of Puerto Rican Zika patients who had thrombocytopenia, a rare complication, found that, in those with the severest cases, immune treatments may be more effective than platelet transfusion. A team from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Puerto Rico reported its findings today in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
A WHO panel raises concerns about an increase in wild poliovirus cases, among other setbacks.
The company says it will stop using medically important antibiotics for disease prevention in its live poultry operations.
A female tick can reproduce—1,000 to 2,000 eggs at a time—without mating.
An analysis of more than 8,000 isolates from Canadian intensive care units (ICUs) over 10 years shows a significant increase in the prevalence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli, researchers from the University of Manitoba reported yesterday in the Journal of Antibacterial Chemoth
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) health ministry today reported two more Ebola cases, plus two more deaths, according to its daily statement.
Of the two new cases, one is a lab confirmed infection in a patient from Beni. The other is classified as a probable illness involving an individual from Katwa, located east of Butembo, who died and is part of a family cluster from the area that the ministry reported on Nov 20.
An analysis of more than 8,000 isolates from Canadian intensive care units (ICUs) over 10 years shows a significant increase in the prevalence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli, researchers from the University of Manitoba reported yesterday in the Journal of Antibacterial Chemotherapy.
The DRC recorded 4 new cases and 3 additional deaths today.
Although vaccines have saved millions of lives, experts estimate that, since 2016, cases have increased by more than 30%.
Flu activity in the Northern Hemisphere is starting to rise, though levels are still low, as flu returned to inter-seasonal levels in temperate parts of the Southern Hemisphere, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest global flu update.
