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In issuing its final report yesterday on eight Salmonella outbreaks linked to contact with backyard poultry, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the 895 illnesses reported is the largest number ever reported in outbreaks linked to chicks and ducklings.
The WHO says it's still not clear if Zika-linked microcephaly cases in Thailand are tied to the strain that has circulated in Southeast Asia.
The 12 groups vowed to help meet US goals by expanding the stewardship efforts of their members.
A study yesterday in Pediatrics showed how an urban health system achieved human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates of 89.8% in teen girls and 89.3% in teen boys by using low-cost interventions, including "bundling" the HPV vaccine with other vaccines, and offering vaccines at every healthcare visit.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today awarded more than $14 million toward novel approaches to combat antibiotic resistance, including those that address a person's microbiome, or the vast population of microorganisms that live inside and on the body.
New rules to promote judicious antibiotic use could contain loopholes.
Study today provides more evidence of a strong link between Zika and Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Health officials in Abu Dhabi yesterday announced the detection of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu in quails in the western part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to a report from Xinhua that cited the UAE's state news agency.
The infected birds were found in Al Gharbia, and emergency management teams have taken response steps, including increasing surveillance and alerting farmers in the area, according to the report.
A UK study this week notes highly resistant Shigella sonnei isolates from men who have sex with men (MSM) who had engaged in high-risk activities, while Canadian scientists report a different antibiotic-resistant Shigella strain in a man with HIV, according to separate reports in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The CMS rule will require long-term care facilities to have a stewardship program.
In research developments, a group from Brazil profiled 11 microcephaly cases, and another team described lessons learned from experimentally infecting monkeys.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today that so far 8 people in Missouri (6), Illinois (1), and Kansas (1) have reported salmonellosis linked to eggs distributed by Good Earth Egg Company of Bonne Terre, Mo. Yesterday the company recalled all of its shell eggs with sell by dates of Oct 8.
Also, Florida continues to report a steady stream of locally aquired Zika cases: 14 of them over the last 2 reporting days.
Samples of UK-produced pork products have tested positive for a livestock strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a report today by The Guardian.
Animal health officials in Ivory Coast reported a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza outbreak at a commercial chicken farm in Abidjan district, located in the southern part of the country, according to a report today from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
Also, Thailand confirms 2 microcephaly cases, and CDC researchers publish a case series on US kids.
Vaccines should play a larger role in the battle against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), according to a new paper from British think tank Chatham House.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released its final report on an outbreak of salmonellosis in alfalfa sprouts, calling the outbreak over.
This is the first change of the H1N1 strain since the pandemic virus became a seasonal flu strain.
