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Several Pacific Islands are the only areas of the world with noteworthy influenza activity at present, as circulation in nearly all other areas remains low, typical for this time of year, according to yesterday's World Health Organization (WHO) biweekly update .
H5N8 avian flu, which hit Korea hard earlier this year, is raising alarm in Europe.
It is the 2nd Ebola death on US soil; meanwhile, the country will start screening travelers from Mali.
The World Health Organization's (WHO's) emergency polio advisory committee met for the third time Nov 2 through Nov 7, advising that global conditions still meet the definition of a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), according to a Nov 14 WHO statement.
A 19-year-old Egyptian woman died today of H5N1 avian flu, an Egyptian health ministry spokesman said, and another person has contracted the disease, according to a Reuters report.
The woman died in a hospital in the southern part of Asyut governorate, which is in the central part of Egypt along the Nile River. She had contact with infected birds, the spokesman said.
Research from the CDC and global partners flesh out Liberia's recent drop in Ebola cases, but notes the virus is still widespread and sparking new outbreaks.
The high mobility of West Africa's population worries some observers.
Some object to the approach because it involves withholding drugs from controls.
Another case of MERS-CoV has been reported today by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH), bringing the total cases there since June 2012 to 805, with 17 of those currently active.
The end of the state of emergency called in August signals a shift in the fight against the virus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified five more cases of unexplained polio-like illness in children, raising the total over the past few months to 75.
The CDC has been investigating the cases and their possible causes, which include enterovirus D-68 (EV-D68), the source of a respiratory illness outbreak involving 1,116 cases in recent months, nearly all of them in children.
The White House's $6.2 billion emergency Ebola funding request got its first hearing in Congress today.
The WHO today reported a confirmed Ebola infection in a nurse, as well as two suspected cases — none related to Mali's first case.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported two new MERS-CoV cases and one recovery in a previously reported patient. Both new cases occurred in Taif, and the MOH says that both patients are in critical condition.
MSF says the outbreak is not over and calls for rapid response teams for hot spots.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported a new MERS-CoV case and the death of a previously reported patient. The new case brings the country's count of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) cases to 800.
The last region in Sierra Leone to be hit by Ebola has had 50 deaths, as UN head warns against complacency.
More than 95,000 new cases of chikungunya have been reported in the Caribbean and Americas since Oct 31, bringing the total to 888,806 cases since the outbreak began in December 2013, according to a Nov 7 update from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
The WHO released new burial protocols and repeated its stance against travel bans.
Experts were surprised to find that the effectiveness of FluMist fell short in this age-group.
