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In other developments, Thailand and Singapore report several new Zika cases.
Yesterday the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) said there was a new case of MERS in the city of Arar, while Austrian officials reported a case in a tourist from Saudi Arabia.
Also, officials report sexual transmission in Pennsylvania and the Netherlands.
The case involved Caribbean travel and possible foodborne infection; also, officials note no spread in the first US case.
The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) today awarded $21.8 million to support 42 states over 5 years in implementing the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) produce safety rule.
Scientists have filmed the evolution of bacterial drug resistance in real time, noting that the pathogens can mutate to grow resistant to high levels of antibiotics in about 11 days, according to a study published yesterday in Science.
Also, Singapore said it's not clear yet if the Asian strain involved in its local spread will result in the severe complications.
Recommendations focus on reducing ag antibiotic use, improving surveillance, and boosting public health.
The US government is awarding $20 million in prizes for innovative ideas for the development of rapid, point-of-care diagnostic lab tests to quickly identify antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a National Institutes of Health (NIH) press release today.
Experts say screening at-risk adults for latent TB likely yields moderate benefits.
Also, Miami Beach is planning for aerial spraying, while an mRNA vaccine gets funding.
A yearlong investigation by Reuters alleges that thousands of US deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections are going uncounted because federal and state health agencies are doing a poor job of tracking them.
Also today, research highlighted eye infections in mice and brain injury in human babies.
The PATH Act would establish a new "limited population antibacterial drug approval pathway."
The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of MERS-CoV in Riyadh today. The case is not connected to a previously reported outbreak at King Khalid University Hospital in that city.
A new study out of England has found antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli bacteria in nearly a quarter of pig and poultry meat samples purchased at UK supermarkets.
Also, the CDC announced $2.4 million to help large cities detect and manage birth defects, and researchers revealed possible differences in brain cell infections between the 2 Zika lineages.
The FDA said certain ingredients were no more effective in killing germs than plain soap and water.
Seven factors could help reduce the use of antibiotics in children who have acute respiratory infections.
Originally published Sep 1.
Investigators with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today describe a small cluster of the worrisome "superbug" known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) at two Wisconsin hospitals in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
