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A growing measles outbreak in the Philippines is being fueled by vaccine hesitancy that originated in the Dengvaxia vaccine controversy, which has embroiled that nation for the last 3 years.
"WHO and partners cannot tackle these challenges without the international community stepping in" to provide funds.
South Korean scientists have demonstrated strong potential of a rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test called QMAC-dRAST for selecting optimal targeted antibiotics for patients who have bacteremia, according to a study today in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today posted a final investigation update for a Salmonella Reading outbreak that it first announced in July 2018, which reflects 79 new cases since its last report in February, lifting total cases to 358 in 42 states.
Twenty-six years ago, before Vaccines for Children was implemented, the US had 963 measles cases.
Today's 26 deaths mark the deadliest day of the outbreak, and 15 of them took place in the community.
Taking a One Health approach, the authors say implementation of national action plans has been slow.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) late last week recorded 21 more cases in an Escherichia coli O103 outbreak linked to ground beef, bringing the outbreak total to 177 illnesses.
One of the notable developments for 2018 was a spike in Cyclospora cases, likely the result of multiple factors, the CDC said.
As deaths hit 900, the illness total edged within striking distance of 1,400.
For the first time since November, the level of flulike illness fell below the national baseline.
Yesterday the University of California, Los Angeles and California State University, Los Angeles campus announced a quarantine of 280 students and faculty exposed to students who have measles, according to news reports.
Outpatient antibiotic use in central Denmark fell by nearly 20% from 2011 through 2015, Danish researchers report in a new study in BMC Infectious Diseases.
Extended antibiotic use after the age of 40 may be linked to increased risk of heart attack or stroke.
A significant factor in 2 New York outbreaks is misinformation about vaccine safety, the CDC says.
The outbreak totals now stand at 1,373 cases, including 890 deaths.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday that 24 more people have been sickened in a multistate Salmonella Carrau outbreak linked to precut melon, raising the total to 117.
One more state—Iowa—has reported a related illness, lifting the number of affected states to 10.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) today recorded a new case of MERS-CoV in Medina in an epidemiologic week 17 update.
A 76-year-old man from Medina was diagnosed as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). The man's case is listed as "primary," meaning he likely did not contract the disease from someone else, and he had recent contact with camels.
The likely exposure was inoculated rabbit skins, but airborne spread cannot be ruled out.
