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An additional case of H7N9 avian flu in China's Guangdong province has been reported to Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP), according to a machine-translated statement posted today by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
The $5 million initiative for rural Guinea pairs Ebola prevention messages with help for farmers.
An expert panel lays out a host of recommendations, including advice on current clinical trials.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that 141 measles cases have been reported so far this year, an increase of 20 since the agency's previous update on Feb 9.
Most of the cases—113 (80%)—are part of a multistate outbreak that originated with exposures at Disneyland, the CDC said. (The update does not name Disneyland, instead referring to it as an amusement park in California.)
Case numbers increase by 183 and deaths by 100 as Liberia opens schools and Guinea continues to struggle with community resistance.
As a recent surge in cases continues, the WHO announces it is sending help.
The H5N1 avian flu virus has sickened six people in Egypt over the past 4 days, one fatally, according to official sources.
Few details are available about the patients, who are from five different locations in Egypt, according to government and media sources that health department announcements and were translated by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 4 new US measles cases related to Disney theme park visits, bringing the outbreak total to 125, according to a Feb 13 update in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Flu activity remains high and will likely hang on for several more weeks, the CDC says.
At least 4 cases involve exposure in a healthcare setting; the WHO, meanwhile, provides more details about a recent Filipino case.
Novavax trial involves 230 adults, as outbreak cases near 23,000.
The national count of children affected by an unexplained polio-like illness that causes limb weakness has increased by one, to 112 in 34 states since August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in an update yesterday.
The H7N9 avian influenza virus has sickened four more people, one fatally, ing China's Guangdong province, Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said today in a statement.
Though few details were listed for the patients, the report said the latest case-patients include three men and one woman ages 51 to 82 years old. The 82-year-old man died from his infection, and the rest are hospitalized in critical condition.
Two of the new cases were fatal, and the WHO reports on a 3-person family cluster in Saudi Arabia.
Attacks include an incident 4 days ago involving burial workers in Forecariah.
Amid a widespread measles outbreak, the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) is considering recommending that physicians be compensated for counseling parents about the importance of childhood vaccines, Bloomberg News reported yesterday.
The committee is also looking at a recommendation that would set a minimum vaccination coverage goal for clinicians, the story said.
Three more H7N9 infections from China, one of them fatal, were reported yesterday and today, one in Shanghai and two in Guangdong province, according to official sources.
Although response efforts have curbed exponential growth, getting to zero will be a 'long and bumpy road.'
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that several states have recently reported an unusual finding in some influenza patients this season: parotitis, or swelling of the salivary glands.
The CDC reported the finding yesterday in an update of its current flu guidance for the public, titled "What You Should Know for the 2014-2015 Influenza Season."
Health officials in the Philippines reported a case of MERS in a Filipino nurse who recently returned from Saudi Arabia, according to a Reuters story today.
The nurse returned to the Philippines last week and presented with a fever, body pain, cough, and difficulty breathing. She was diagnosed with MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) and is currently hospitalized in stable condition, the story said.
