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Neither new case is linked to a Riyadh outbreak, and experts describe priorities for MERS-CoV research and development.
Also, a study finds West Africa outbreaks caused by a different H5N1 clade than previously found there.
A new study from the World Health Organization (WHO) is shedding some light on the extent of resistance to drugs that are considered essential for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
Utah health officials today announced the first known Zika death in the continental United States, in a Salt Lake County resident who died in late June.
Outbreak responders hope to get a jump on mosquitoes by scaling up vaccination during a dry period.
The CDC and EPA recommend the step to cut mosquito populations.
Researchers discover a new gene distinct from MCR-1 that can confer colistin resistance and dub it MCR-2.
According to a new estimate, nearly 80% of HPV-related cancer was due to infection, much of it preventable with current vaccines.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV infection, involving an 80-year-old woman from Jeddah who is a household contact of an earlier confirmed patient, and the World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday filled in more details about 13 recently reported cases from the country, 5 linked to a Riyadh hospital outbreak and at least 3 that appear to be linked to small clusters in Jeddah and Najran.
The study will monitor for infections in athletes, coaches, and USOC staff.
Infants receive seasonal flu immunity through maternal influenza vaccines, but previous studies have not established how long this protection lasts. A study yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics—the largest of its kind to date—shows that infant immunity peaks by 8 weeks after birth and wanes significantly during the first 6 months of life.
A week after the CDC issued a Candida auris alert, PHE follows suit.
Also, Spain becomes the 11th state to report sexual transmission of the virus.
US health officials and their Liberian counterparts today announced the launch of a study to assess if a new antiviral drug can cut lingering Ebola virus RNA levels in the semen of men who survived the disease, a strategy that could decrease the risk of sexual spread.
A new study in Clinical Infectious Diseases reports that the flu vaccine in 2014-15 was more effective than expected in hospitalized adults, including those 65 or older.
In Portugal, 11 human samples tested positive, and in Brazil the isolates were from poultry not given polymyxins.
Document from Federal Select Agent Program aims at public transparency on lab work involving potentially dangerous pathogens.
Lessons learned can improve Zika response and US readiness for the next threat, experts said.
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison report that a harmless bacterium called Wolbachia pipientis prevents transmission of the Zika virus by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The research was published today in the journal Scientific Reports and offers hope that Wolbachia could be a cost-effective weapon against Zika.
An outbreak of Escherichia coli O121 linked to General Mills flour has grown by 4 cases, to 42, and the company has expanded its recall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.
