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A top NIH official says symptomatic transmission is likely driving the outbreak.
The visit from WHO officials comes as cases in China top 4,000 and deaths surge past 100—and novel coronavirus activity heats up in several countries outside of China.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) grew by 2 cases today, bringing the total to 3,420, including 2,240 deaths. Six hundred cases are still under investigation, according to the online Ebola dashboard maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO).
China's coronavirus outbreak total approaches 3,000 cases.
So far, the number of confirmed US 2019-nCoV cases remains at 5.
The World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard shows two newly confirmed cases of the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The outbreak totals now stand at 3,418 cases, including 2,240 deaths. A total of 494 suspected cases are still under investigation.
Yesterday the DRC's Ebola technical committee (CMRE) confirmed that one of the new cases was located in Beni.
Two patients in California and one in Arizona bring the US tally to five 2019-nCoV cases.
China reports 688 new cases today, with the head of the World Health Organization en route.
A new analysis says sustained transmission is fueling the outbreak, which has topped 1,400 cases.
A woman in Chicago becomes the 2nd imported US case of the novel coronavirus.
A study of Wuhan's earliest cases details serious SARS-like symptoms and a 15% death rate.
One study found a link, but the other, when it focused on siblings and twins, found none.
Also, Vietnam reports person-to-person spread as more locations confirm cases.
In its weekly FluView update today, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 15 new pediatric deaths attributed to influenza. CDC estimates this season there have been at least 15 million flu illnesses, 140,000 hospitalizations, and 8,200 deaths from flu.
Summit Therapeutics yesterday announced that the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has awarded the company an additional $8.8 million for clinical and regulatory development of an investigational antibiotic for treating Clostridiodes difficile infection (CDI).
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
The 27 detections from the 2019 hunting season were confined to southeastern Minnesota.
Also, CEPI announces a major push to develop vaccines as cases top 600.
The two studies address unanswered questions about the vaccine, experts say.
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its state partners today updated surveillance data on birth defects related to prenatal Zika virus infection and found that defects in 22 US jurisdictions reached a peak prevalence of 7.0 per 1,000 live births in February 2017.
