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While the WHO defends the decision, some experts question the call—as cases keep mounting.
Originally published by CIDRAP News Apr 11
An outbreak of 2009 H1N1 seasonal flu in a remote indigenous hill tribe in Laos killed 16 people and triggered a quick response from local health officials in Thailand, according to a report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which also assisted.
"The anti-vaccine movement is like its own media empire."
MDRO contamination rates ranged from 11.9% to 28.5% across 6 facilities.
About half of all camel salesmen had MERS-CoV antibodies, and Saudi Arabia reports 3 new cases.
A 20-case day follows an 18-case day, and totals have now topped 1,200.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) released a new Zika risk assessment today, concluding that, while transmission has slowed in the Americas, the virus is widespread in Asia.
The assessment was conducted, in part, to update travel guidelines for Europeans visiting a country with endemic Zika or experiencing an outbreak.
Chinese and US researchers report today in Clinical Infectious Diseases that macrolide use is associated with an almost double rate of antibiotic resistance in urethritis caused by Mycoplasma genitalium in men, and a related commentary questions whether it's time for the US and Canada to reconsider macrolides as first-line empiric treatment for men with symptomatic urethritis.
Officials have confirmed 105 cases so far in April, and 1,186 in the outbreak to date.
Though success has been shown in only 2 patients, recruitment of more patients is under way.
A multistate Escherichia coli O103 outbreak from a still-unidentified source has sickened 24 more people, with 96 cases reported so far, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday. The number of affected states remained at five: Kentucky (46 cases), Tennessee (26), Georgia (17), Ohio (5), and Virginia (2).
DRC officials report 14 new cases and the community death of a health worker.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday reported three more MERS-CoV cases, including another case in Khafji in the northeastern part of the country. Officials also confirmed cases in Riyadh and Najran.
A study yesterday in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy describes the detection of MCR-1-carrying Escherichia coli in three liver transplant patients at a New York City hospital.
New study shows that children with acute respiratory infections were more likely to receive an antibiotic via telemedicine.
The outbreak has now reached 1,154 cases, including 731 deaths, for a 63% death rate.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recorded 78 more measles cases in the last week, a sign that ongoing outbreaks in several states are growing.
The 2019 total number of cases has jumped to 465 in 19 states, as Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Nevada all reported their first cases of the year last week.
Patients range in age from 1 to 74 years, but at least half are children.
Officials note 10 new cases, and deaths top 700.
