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More than a third of 113 MERS cases described in today's WHO update involved healthcare workers.
A special gathering convened by the WHO next week in Ghana will address the 'drastic measures' needed to curb the disease in West Africa.
Suriname health officials yesterday said more chikungunya infections have been detected, suggesting the possibility of local transmission, Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) reported today.
Egypt's health ministry yesterday announced the nation's fourth H5N1 case of the year, which involves a 34-year-old from Minya who is hospitalized and on a ventilator, according to a report today from the Middle East News Agency (MENA).
Saudi Arabia reported two new MERS cases, while the WHO supplied new details about two earlier ones.
The numbers are up from 57 cases in 13 states a week ago, and Florida now has 34 cases.
In a rare move, CDC advisors gave a nod to nasal spray over shots for kids 2 to 8.
The detection this week of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) from Equatorial Guinea in Brazilian sewage and the virus's movement from Cameroon into Equatorial Guinea point up the high risk of international spread of the virus from the western portion of central Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.
The WHO notes 15 new deaths, but it revised the number of confirmed deaths downward.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) over cleanliness shortcomings at its plant in Ste. Foy, Quebec, which makes Canada's seasonal flu vaccine, the Canadian Press reported today.
The lion's share of cases have been in Sierra Leone, and MSF calls the outbreak "out of control."
Early results of environmental tests at CDC labs are negative.
With 18,519 new cases, the number of suspected or confirmed cases reaches 189,055.
Clinical virology experts call for systematic monitoring patients, as Saudi Arabia reports 2 new cases.
Wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been isolated from sewage samples in Sao Paulo state in Brazil, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported yesterday.
The samples were collected in March at the Viracopos International Airport in Campinas in the southeastern part of the country. Tests at a national lab confirmed the virus on Jun 18, the WHO said in a statement.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved tedizolid phosphate (Sivextro), a new antibacterial drug to treat adults with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI), the agency announced on Jun 20.
Nine more workers may have been exposed to Bacillus anthracis.
Saudi Arabia reported one new MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) case today, raising the country's official total to 706 cases.
The latest patient is a 45-year-old expatriate who is hospitalized in Riyadh, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in today's update. He has no preexisting conditions and is not a healthcare worker. The ministry gave no information about how he was exposed to the virus.
The flu vaccine in three European nations in 2012-13 provided 33% protection against hospitalization for influenza in adults, according to a study yesterday in PLoS One.
The CDC is monitoring and providing antibiotics to about 75 staffers over Bacillus anthracis concerns.
