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The OIE says there is little evidence of a link between camels and MERS-CoV cases.
Iowa and Texas reported nine new Cyclospora cases each, while Nebraska has had five more, adding 23 cases to an outbreak that may involve as many as 258 illnesses.
Cyclospora cases in the Midwest and Texas reached at least 235, but it's not known whether the two outbreaks are related.
Influenza activity is up "considerably" in South America and southern Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today, while other scattered regions are also seeing some increase.
An outbreak of strep throat in a dance team spread via pasta and was tracked on Facebook, according to a new study.
Chinese researchers found a human H7N9 strain to be highly airborne transmissible in ferrets.
Six more MERS cases were reported today, including four in UAE healthcare workers.
The percentage of healthcare workers who were vaccinated against flu during the most recent season appears to be about the same as for the 2011-12 season, according to interim numbers posted yesterday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Sheboygan, Wis., has spent millions battling a nine-case tuberculosis (TB) outbreak this spring and summer that may still be growing, at a time when states are cutting their TB-control budgets, NPR reported today.
The MERS situation is "serious and of great concern" but doesn't constitute a global public health emergency, experts said today.
Illinois, Kansas, and Wisconsin are reporting Cyclospora infections possibly linked to a multistate outbreak.
An analysis of Dallas County's massive West Nile virus (WNV) outbreak in 2012 found that it was preceded by an unusually mild winter and favored previously known hot spots, researchers reported today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a new policy on Salmonella that takes a stricter approach for pet food than for livestock feed, citing the greater risk for humans from contaminated pet food.
Reported outbreak infections now number 134, and Texas has seen 15 cases.
New analysis of first H7N9 case has worrisome findings on antiviral resistance.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reaching out to small- and medium-sized produce growers to address their questions about a proposed food safety rule issued in January, the agency said in a news release yesterday.
Cyclosporiasis cases in Iowa and Nebraska soared to 119, an increase of 39.
United Arab Emirates officials have invited WHO experts to help assess the nation's first local MERS case.
The subdivided farm bill that the US House of Representatives passed last week contains a little-known provision which could further delay implementation of the 2011 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), Food Safety News (FSN) reported.
As Cyclospora cases in Iowa and Nebraska grow to 80, officials are eyeing fresh vegetables as possible culprits.
