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The CDC notes 7 new kids' deaths and ILI levels nearing those seen in 2009.
Researchers conclude that neither technique used to ease antibiotic pressure is particularly effective.
In a regular overview of recent MERS-CoV activity in Saudi Arabia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today that between Dec 9, 2017, and Jan 17 the country reported 20 more cases, 8 of them fatal. Also, it reported a death in a patient covered in one of the WHO's earlier updates.
New guidance today from the United Kingdom's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Public Health England says general practitioners should not offer, and patients should not expect, antibiotics in most cases of acute sore throat.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
The risk of heart attack increases sixfold in the first 7 days after lab-confirmed flu in adults 35 and older.
Areas that experienced local Zika transmission saw a 21% increase in birth defects possibly linked to Zika.
In what is being called the world's first outbreak of drug-resistant typhoid, more than 100 children are sick and dozens have died in Hyderabad, Pakistan, the country's The News International reported yesterday.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today said an Escherichia coli outbreak tied to leafy greens appears to be over after 25 cases in 15 states and 1 death.
An international group says the reward could significantly boost the number of new antibiotics coming to market.
In 1 week, deaths from yellow fever rose from 20 to 53, and reported cases spiked from 470 to 601.
The United States Senate today confirmed Alex Azar, a pharmaceutical executive, to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to media reports.
A large longitudinal study of an elderly population in Taiwan found that flu vaccination reduced the risk of tuberculosis (TB) infection by 18%. Earlier studies, including animal ones, have hinted that flu vaccination might protect against a range of pathogens, including TB, due to activation of T-cell mediated immunity. A team from Taiwan reported the findings yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
DEFRA says the risk of avian flu spreading to other UK wild birds is high.
The WHO urges countries to shore up case management, vaccinate high-risk people, and take other steps.
Some experts say that offering a manual for re-creating an orthopoxvirus is inherently dangerous.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) said yesterday a woman from the village of Al Qaryat died from MERS-CoV.
The 60-year-old Saudi woman's MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) case was announced last week. Her infection source was listed as "primary," meaning it was unlikely she contracted the virus from another person.
Researchers in France report that a reduction in carbapenem consumption in French hospitals occurred after the release of national guidelines on carbapenem use in 2010, according to a study yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. They suggest that further carbapenem reduction could be linked to reduced use of fluoroquinolones and third-generation cephalosporins (3GCs).
The outbreak has sickened 8 women in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota, the CDC says.
Adults born from 1958 to 1979 may have experienced a drop in protection against 2009 H1N1 during the 2015-16 flu season because of priming with other H1N1 viruses during their younger years, according to a group led by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
