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Health officials in the Philippines confirmed a second polio case today, a day after declaring an outbreak based on reports of an illness involving circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in Lanao del Sur province and environmental detections in Manila and Davao region. The polio cases are the country's first in nearly two decades.
The problem appears to be a mucus barrier that takes awhile to overcome.
A new study by scientists from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has found similar levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in pork chops from pigs raised without antibiotics and those raised conventionally.
Ebola transmission intensity increased slightly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) outbreak region last week, with 57 new confirmed cases amid minor security flare-ups and major violence in Mandima health zone that suspended response operations, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in its weekly snapshot of the outbreak.
The death rate stands at 67%, with 56% of cases involving women and 29% in children.
The risk was linked to 4 antibiotic classes: cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones, carbapenems, and lincosamides.
They say the world is not prepared for a pandemic.
A study over three flu seasons found no association between flu vaccination and miscarriage, according to findings published yesterday in Vaccine.
Many of the findings parallel increases detected recently in hospital settings.
Only 1 new case was confirmed today, raising the outbreak total to 3,130, with 2,096 deaths.
US and Canadian researchers, writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine today, said they have determined that, among patients with severe manifestations of sepsis, initiation of empirical antimicrobial therapy significantly reduces the sensitivity of blood cultures drawn shortly after treatment began—underscoring the need for early diagnostic blood tests.
A massive measles outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) accelerated again over the past few weeks, with spread to new areas, the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said yesterday in its weekly outbreaks and emergencies report.
More than three fourths of adults don't know that HPV can cause anal, oral, and penile cancers, a new study finds.
US officials said other outbreak indicators such as deaths in the community need to improve before they feel more confident about the recent drop in cases.
With about 2.4 million dengue cases reported in the Americas so far, the 2019 total will probably top the number for the last epidemic year, which occurred in 2015, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said its latest update late last week.
As if to illustrate the point, cases surged by 14 today, lifting the outbreak total to 3,113 infections.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
India announced yesterday that it has joined the Global Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Research and Development (R&D) Hub, becoming the 16th nation to join the global partnership.
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) said in its latest update today that four countries reported a total of eight new polio cases in the previous week, including vaccine-derived polio cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Central African Republic.
The plan focuses on 10 strategic priorities, including combating antimicrobial resistance.
