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The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new cases of MERS today in healthcare workers from Dumah Al Jandal, the site of a growing hospital-based outbreak.
Overall flu vaccine effectiveness was 48%, but a change in the 2009 H1N1 vaccine strain didn't fix the problem with the inhaled vaccine's effectiveness in children.
Data on infants born to women suspected of having a Zika virus infection in Texas show higher-than-average rates of birth defects and suboptimal levels of testing, according to a report today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
The goal is to spur global discovery of new antibiotics to battle gram-negative bacteria.
New early-stage research out of the United Kingdom has identified a potential antibiotic candidate for treatment of drug-resistant gonorrhea.
Researchers also found changes in bacterial sources, but they didn't see any changes in risk factors.
So far nine cases have been reported in the cluster, though illness reports continue from other parts of Saudi Arabia.
A review of 10 linked studies yesterday in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene indicates that introduction of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria in Africa and Afghanistan curbed use of anti-malaria drugs but was also linked to increased antibiotic prescribing.
The World Health Organization (WHO) released their weekly global flu update, noting that activity remained high in the temperate zone of the Southern Hemisphere and in some countries in Southeast Asia. Influenza A (H3N2) is still the predominate strain worldwide.
The proposal combines market entry rewards, population-based contracts with insurers.
In other developments, a WHO risk assessment covering events through July said three recent Riyadh hospital outbreaks are over.
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) reported three new highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza outbreaks on turkey farms in Italy's Lombardy region.
H5N8 was detected on Aug 4 at three commercial farms in the Medole area, which is in the northwestern part of Italy. The report said 94,700 birds are slated for culling.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today warned health providers about an increase in the number of Cyclospora cases in the United States, with 206 infections in 27 states reported so far in people who were sick on or after May 1.
Of 76 patients with available information, 35 (46%) required hospitalization.
Funds will help combat resistance, launch a TB surveillance center.
Ohio officials have confirmed a case of novel H1N2 influenza (H1N2v), the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its weekly FluView update.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A study yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests that molecular-based diagnostic tests for the detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) may predict treatment response better than traditional drug susceptibility testing (DST) methods.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) identified a new case of MERS-CoV in Jeddah today and said a patient identified earlier this week has died from complications of the virus.
A 44-year-old female expatriate in Jeddah is in stable condition after being diagnosed as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). The source of her infection is listed as a secondary household contact.
Scientists report the first detection of MCR-4, as well as MCR-3 in Denmark and Italy.
Early, appropriate antibiotics did not appear to improve patient outcomes.
