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The WHO today confirmed the first two MERS cases in Kuwait, and Spain may have a new case.
Updated guidelines for the judicious use of antibiotics in treating common infections in children were released today.
A 31-year-old Indonesian woman from near Jakarta has died of H5N1 avian flu, the country's health ministry said today, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). Her case is Indonesia's third this year, all fatal.
Two men, one from Oman and one thought to be from Qatar, both of whom had underlying conditions, are the latest patients.
Worrisome findings on resistance to some last-line antibiotics for healthcare-related infections.
Flu activity gained a bit more momentum last week but is still low overall, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its weekly update. The percentage of respiratory specimens testing positive for flu rose again, to 5.4%, and for the first time one of CDC's regions—the one including south-central states such as Louisiana and Arkansas—saw clinic visits for flu-like illness rise above its specific baseline.
WHO-led malaria vaccine development group announces new goals and a wish list for future vaccines.
Two new reports on MERS bring bad news and good news.
The flu vaccine was 47% effective against medically attended flu for all influenza strains in the 2011-12 season, and being vaccinated the year before lowered effectiveness, according to a study yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Qatar's health ministry today reported another Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, its second case reported in the past week, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported today.
The UN Security Council has been asked to jump-start vaccination efforts.
Lessons learned in response to H7N9 avian flu in China this year include the importance of global cooperation, transparent communication, and collaboration between human health and animal health professionals, the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Western Pacific Region Office (WPRO) said in a new report.
It added, however, that the region is not prepared for a severe public health emergency.
Kuwait's Ministry of Health (MOH) today announced the country's first two Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections, according to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) and the MOH's Twitter account. The cases might not be laboratory confirmed.
A Saudi camel that might have passed MERS to its owner may have been ill, an official said today.
Group discusses the narrow window now open for tackling artemisinin resistance.
One in five deaths in children worldwide is caused by pneumonia, a preventable disease, but there are simple and effective ways to reduce its burden, says a joint statement from the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) issued today, the fifth World Pneumonia Day, themed "Innovate to End Child Pneumonia."
Federal and state health officials are investigating a three-state, 26-case E coli outbreak.
The finding, if confirmed, will mark the first time the virus has clearly been detected in an animal.
A 10-year-old boy from Kampot province in Cambodia who was reported to have H5N1 avian flu last week has died, The Cambodian Daily reported today. The boy is the second child to die from the disease in the country in 2 weeks.
Three more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV-1) infections have been confirmed in Syria, pushing the number of cases to 13, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.
