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With 4 new infections today, the outbreak has reached 3,175 cases.
Health officials in New York's Rockland County today declared the end of a 2018-2019 measles outbreak that sickened 312 people, a development that decreases the chance of the United States losing its measles elimination status on Oct 2.
Also, Tanzania summons a WHO representative to reaffirm that it is not withholding info on possible cases.
The FDA proposes a 2-year implementation period after it finalizes the guidance.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced yesterday that the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) have designated the CDC's Center for Global Health as a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Biosafety and Biosecurity.
Immune response and protection were higher when the first dose was given after 9 months of age.
The WHO said it needs clinical data, investigation findings, and information on contacts and lab tests to fully assess the risk.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) late last week released a summary of foodborne illnesses in 2017 based on an annual analysis of data from the Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System, and norovirus was the most common pathogen reported, responsible for 46% of illnesses. Salmonella and Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli were also linked to a substantial number of outbreaks.
Officials from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York that they've received nearly 350 commitments from corporations, non-profit organizations, and health officials in 33 countries to take specific actions against antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
"India and China are by far the biggest hot spots of antimicrobial resistance in animals."
"Ebola is a reality, not a chimera," Gressly says, urging cooperation with response efforts.
A task force will identify priorities and monitor progress, and HHS will coordinate efforts.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Sep 19
A new study by scientists from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has found similar levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in pork chops from pigs raised without antibiotics and those raised conventionally.
Health officials in the Philippines confirmed a second polio case today, a day after declaring an outbreak based on reports of an illness involving circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in Lanao del Sur province and environmental detections in Manila and Davao region. The polio cases are the country's first in nearly two decades.
The problem appears to be a mucus barrier that takes awhile to overcome.
Ebola transmission intensity increased slightly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) outbreak region last week, with 57 new confirmed cases amid minor security flare-ups and major violence in Mandima health zone that suspended response operations, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in its weekly snapshot of the outbreak.
The death rate stands at 67%, with 56% of cases involving women and 29% in children.
The risk was linked to 4 antibiotic classes: cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones, carbapenems, and lincosamides.
They say the world is not prepared for a pandemic.
