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A Saudi official reported two asymptomatic MERS cases as the WHO confirmed two from Qatar.
Michigan health officials today reported a variant H3N2 (H3N2v) flu infection in a child who exhibited swine at the Berrien County Youth Fair, which took place Aug 12 through Aug 17 in Berrien Springs, Mich., in the southwest corner of the state.
The case raises the nation's number of H3N2v cases this year to 17. Though Michigan had a few H3N2v cases last summer, the child's illness is its first this year.
Progress is being made overall in achieving the targets set out by the Healthy People 2020 program for fully immunizing adolescents, but human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage is lagging and healthcare providers should use every opportunity to administer it, says a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Saudi Arabia announced two new MERS cases, one fatal, as the WHO recognized eight recent ones.
In addition to naming risk groups, the new study found that West Nile in 2012 cost Texas over $47 million.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today it has received reports of six more Cyclospora infections, lifting the nation's total to 616 so far (see map below).
Of 591 case-patients with available information, 45 (8%) were hospitalized. The latest illness-onset date was Aug 6.
Cyclospora cases in Texas — unlike in Iowa and Nebraska — seem not connected to Taylor Farms produce, officials say.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a study to identify the long-term health effects of last fall's deadly fungal meningitis outbreak linked to tainted steroids and to determine which antifungal drugs work best, the Boston Globe reported recently.
Authorities in Qatar have reported another Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) case, the country's second in a week, according to a Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) story today.
Evidence of some risk factors such as pregnancy and ethnicity for a severe outcome in patients with seasonal and pandemic influenza is largely limited or absent, which has implications for public policies regarding prioritization of groups for vaccination programs, according to a recent meta-analysis.
The country's Ministry of Health reports three more cases, although total counts from various sources are conflicting.
A new case in an Ethiopian child, the country's first since 2008, raises concern about disease spread in the Horn of Africa.
The World Health Organization's (WHO's) strategy for better hand hygiene in healthcare workers (HCWs) is easily implemented and can make a major impact on patient safety worldwide, says a study published today in Lancet Infectious Diseases.
New cases and a death in the Riyadh region were reported, as well as in a man in Florence who apparently transmitted MERS to a niece and co-worker.
Diethycarbamazine (DEC) has become the first medication prequalified by the World Health Organization (WHO) for treatment of a neglected tropical disease (NTD), namely lymphatic filariasis, the WHO announced today. The drug's Japanese manufacturer, Eisai Co. Ltd., has committed to donating 2.2 billion tablets over a 6-year period.
Three more cases of cyclosporiasis have been added to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) official outbreak count as of today, putting it at 601. Texas, the state with the most cases, accounts for 250 cases in CDC's current count, but the state's own count lists 274 cases, 5 more than yesterday. With those additional 24 cases, the national count would stand at 625.
Strong evidence that a bat from Saudi Arabia is the virus's natural reservoir.
New research finds more clues on how H7N9, along with a previously unknown H7N7 virus that has the capacity to infect mammals, evolved.
The official number of Cyclospora cases reported in an update today from the Centers for Disease Control stands at 598, an increase of 5 from yesterday, and South Dakota and Wyoming have each reported their first case, bringing the number of states affected to 22. Texas is reporting 269 cases currently, 19 more than counted by CDC for the state, which would raise the national total to 617.
New Mexico health officials have pinpointed the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has so far sickened 316 people in 37 states.
