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CDC experts recommend testing both the upper and lower respiratory tracts of suspected case-patients.
The infected person in Wisconsin came in contact with a confirmed case-patient in China.
The WHO releases a $675 million response strategy to support activities over the next 3 months.
According to the World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard, a new case today lifts the outbreak total to 3,429 confirmed Ebola cases in the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The WHO also noted 123 probable cases, and 473 suspected cases still under investigation.
While officials investigate imported cases not apparently linked directly to China, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, says, "This is still first and foremost an emergency for China."
Nearly 45% of antibiotics prescribed were given out for no clear reason.
In its latest global flu update yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said flu levels are still elevated across much of the globe, with 79.2% of recent lab specimens testing positive for influenza A.
CARB-X today announced an award of up to $6.8 million to Pattern Bioscience of Austin, Texas, to develop a rapid identification and antimicrobial susceptibility test (ID/AST) for drug-resistant pathogens.
"The virus will continue to expand, given the explosive nature we've seen in China."
In a new Q&A, the WHO answers common questions and dispels myths.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported one new confirmed Ebola case over the last 3 days, edging the overall outbreak total to 3,427, according to numbers reflected on the World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard. The WHO in a recent report said recent trends have been encouraging, with the number of cases in the most recent epidemiologic week the fewest since the outbreak response began.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested that manufacturers of bacitracin for injection voluntarily withdraw their products from the market.
A man, 44, in the Philippines who was coinfected with 2019-nCoV, Strep pneumoniae, and flu B has died.
Australia has barred travelers from China, a move the US took yesterday.
The 2019-nCoV-related move is the first federal quarantine in more than 50 years.
"We are learning more about the biology of this virus, its transmission dynamics, and clinical spectrum every day."
Group A Streptococcus has been deemed universally susceptible to beta-lactams, but the armor might be cracking.
The outbreak is now approaching 10,000 cases, including 213 deaths.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
After US flu activity peaked at the end of 2019 and fell for 2 straight weeks, it has now increased measurably for the second straight week, while the number of flu-related deaths in children rose by 14, to 68, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its weekly FluView report today.
