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Guinea has reported 7 new cases, the WHO says, and Sierra Leone reported 8.
The risk of post-vaccination seizures in 1-year-olds was twice as high with the combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine compared with the MMR and varicella vaccines (MMR+V) administered separately, but the absolute risk is small, according to a study yesterday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ).
Cases in the Caribbean top 135,000, as the US announces 3 new imported cases.
Saudi Arabia has reported seven more MERS-CoV infections since Jun 6, lifting the country's count to 700 cases, including 287 deaths.
The Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 4 MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) cases on Jun 6, 1 on Jun 7, and 2 today. (The Jun 6 cases were not reported here previously because the ministry's Web site was down much of that day.)
Several factors contributed, the WHO says, while experts call for case-control studies.
West Africa's Ebola virus outbreak continues to swell, with 20 new cases and 3 additional deaths, according to an update yesterday from the World Health Organization (WHO), based on new reports the agency received on Jun 2 and 3.
Saudi officials plan to test all domestic camels for MERS-CoV and note two more human cases.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today warned health providers that the number of imported chikungunya cases is likely to increase, given ongoing outbreaks in Caribbean countries and territories and some parts of South America, according an update in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Most Northern Hemisphere countries are at or approaching interseasonal flu levels, with North America and eastern Asia still reporting some influenza B circulation, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest global flu update.
The countries at interseasonal levels included China, with the percentage of positive flu tests low in both the northern and southern parts of the country.
Genetic sequencing has shown the MERS virus in a man and his sick camels to be identical.
Questions continue over possibly scores of previously unreported cases and deaths.
Iowa egg producer Quality Egg LLC, which sold Salmonella-contaminated eggs linked to a massive outbreak in 2010, agreed to pay a $6.8 million fine after pleading guilty yesterday to misdemeanor charges, according to media reports.
A fresh round of Ebola virus infections in West Africa is continuing, with Guinea and Sierra Leone together reporting 52 more cases and Guinea reporting more deaths, according to an update from the World Health Organization (WHO) that covers outbreak developments between May 29 and Jun 1.
Foodservice settings, not cruise ships, top the list for norovirus outbreak culprits.
Saudi totals now stand at 689 MERS cases and 283 deaths.
A 4-year survey of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at five medical centers across the United States found that the incidence of community-onset (CO) MRSA cases varied considerably, with trends in New York City and Los Angeles going in opposite directions, according to a report in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Chikungunya cases are quickly growing in the region's Latin areas.
As MERS arrives in Algeria, Saudi Arabia reports 6 more cases and the sacking of Ziad Memish, MD.
Final action on a controversial US Department of Agriculture (USDA) plan to streamline inspections of poultry carcasses is now scheduled for July, having been postponed from April, Food Safety News reported today.
Dengue cases increased fivefold from 2003 to 2013, but the death rate dropped a bit recently.
