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In a gain-of-function (GOF) experiment, Belgian researchers showed that serial passaging of H9N2 avian flu viruses in pigs enhanced the virus's replication and transmissibility, the scientists reported yesterday in PLoS One.
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has become the latest fast food chain to announce it will stop selling chicken raised with medically important antibiotics.
KFC, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, says that by the end of 2018, all chicken bought by its 4,200 restaurants will be free of antibiotics that are also used in human medicine.
The phase 2 trials will enroll more than 5,000 adults and kids in Guinea and Liberia.
A bipartisan group of 47 lawmakers sent a letter to President Trump yesterday, asking him to continue support for a comprehensive response across US government agencies to the Zika virus threat.
Genetic analysis of a virus from Uganda revealed that it is 87% identical to MERS-CoV.
Meta-analysis shows a 21% higher antibiotic prescribing rate in patients who tested negative for malaria.
The WHO says yellow fever continues to march toward Brazil's Atlantic coast.
Cameroon and Nigeria reported more highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu outbreaks on poultry farms, and France reported four more H5N8 outbreaks from its hard-hit southwest, according to the latest notifications from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
Follow-up of women who delivered Zika-affected newborns found that only 1 in 4 received the recommended brain imaging after birth.
The outbreak includes 2 healthcare workers who have asymptomatic infections.
Vaccine effectiveness was 65% in preventing deaths in healthy children and 51% in high-risk kids.
Flu activity in many Northern Hemisphere nations continues to decline but shows a mixed picture, with falling levels in Canada and the United States and ongoing disease activity in northern Europe, led by H3N2 and influenza B, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in its latest global flu update.
A nationwide antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) in Israel led to a reduction in antibiotic use in acute and long-term care hospitals, according to research presented at the spring conference of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).
The vaccine offers strong protection to infants, especially during the first 2 months of life.
The extract cut the amount of antibiotics needed to kill bacteria by as much as 97%.
Saudi Arabia reported two new MERS-CoV cases over the weekend, including a case in an asymptomatic healthcare worker who contracted the virus in a healthcare setting.
In a review of recent cases, experts report a shorter time to ICU and death.
The test could reduce the likelihood of antibiotic-pathogen mismatch by almost 67%.
Inappropriate prescribing was much higher at non-teaching clinics vs teaching clinics.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
US lawmakers today introduced legislation that would provide a tax credit for new antibiotics and diagnostic tests.
