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An independent audit of MERS-CoV data in Saudi Arabia yesterday identified 16 more infections with illness onsets before Jun 3 and has reclassified a handful of previously reported cases, the country's Ministry of Health (MOH) announced yesterday.
It said the review is part of an ongoing effort to ensure that MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) data are accurate.
The unanimous resolution creates the first ever special mission geared to a public health crisis.
Coverage last season was about 82% in health workers and 52% in pregnant women.
The number of confirmed enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) cases in US children has risen from 130 to 153 and the number of states affected from 12 to 18 in just the past 2 days, according to an update today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In addition, California has just announced its first confirmed cases, which are not included in the CDC update.
We believe there is scientific and epidemiologic evidence to recommend respirators for all patient care, and a PAPR would be the best option.
MSF reports its first case in a staffer, and a health worker with EVD in Atlanta is poised to receive convalescent serum.
A new federal contract awarded to a Pennsylvania company calls for the development of a "portable, low-cost, user-friendly" ventilator designed for use in public health emergencies, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today.
Today Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed another MERS-CoV case, the sixth in just over a week and the second in as many days.
The case involves a 27-year-old Saudi man who is hospitalized in a ward in Taif in Mecca province, the MOH said. He is not a healthcare worker and had pre-existing disease and no contact with animals, the agency said. He is symptomatic. No other details were provided.
The White House announces a plan to send 3,000 US troops and establish a command post in Liberia.
A Georgia company has equipped two Gulfstream III jets to transfer Ebola patients, but few other options exist.
The number of states reporting confirmed cases of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) has doubled, to 12, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today, and cases have been confirmed in Alberta as well.
EV-D68, a respiratory virus that was relatively rare until recently, has been sending children to hospital emergency departments with wheezing and breathing difficulty.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has found rare H3N1 influenza viruses in swine in two states in recent months, and two of the isolates carry genes from human seasonal flu viruses. The developments are grounds for serious concern about the potential spread of disease at fairs this fall, according to one animal health expert.
US lawmakers will hear from federal officials, ahead of an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Ebola.
Health officials reported another big spike in the Caribbean region's chikungunya outbreak, much of it due to updated surveillance information from the Dominican Republic, the hardest-hit country, according to the latest report from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). PAHO also reported a tripling of outbreak deaths, to 113.
As Cuba offers 165 health workers, cases continued unchecked, notably in Monrovia, Liberia.
Amid fears of out-of-control spread, experts raise the specter of virus mutations that could aid transmission.
A man and a woman have developed MERS-CoV illness in Saudi Arabia, continuing a trickle of recent cases, according to the nation's Ministry of Health (MOH).
The man, 43, is from the Saudi capital of Riyadh in the center of the country. He has no underlying medical conditions and is being treated in an intensive care unit (ICU).
The WHO has said that blood given by Ebola survivors may help Ebola patients.
As PAHO stresses mosquito control and other steps, the US chikungunya total tops 900 cases.
The toll in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) Ebola outbreak reached 62 cases and 35 deaths as of Sep 9, including 7 fatal cases in healthcare workers, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced yesterday.
The new numbers compare with 53 cases and 31 deaths reported on Sep 2. The outbreak involves a different Ebola virus species from the one circulating in West Africa and is a separate event.
