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A yearlong investigation by Reuters alleges that thousands of US deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections are going uncounted because federal and state health agencies are doing a poor job of tracking them.
Also today, research highlighted eye infections in mice and brain injury in human babies.
The PATH Act would establish a new "limited population antibacterial drug approval pathway."
A new study out of England has found antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli bacteria in nearly a quarter of pig and poultry meat samples purchased at UK supermarkets.
The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of MERS-CoV in Riyadh today. The case is not connected to a previously reported outbreak at King Khalid University Hospital in that city.
Also, the CDC announced $2.4 million to help large cities detect and manage birth defects, and researchers revealed possible differences in brain cell infections between the 2 Zika lineages.
The FDA said certain ingredients were no more effective in killing germs than plain soap and water.
Seven factors could help reduce the use of antibiotics in children who have acute respiratory infections.
Spain has reported its first two cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF)—one of them fatal—a tick-borne viral disease that is found in eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and much of Asia.
Originally published Sep 1.
Investigators with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today describe a small cluster of the worrisome "superbug" known as carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) at two Wisconsin hospitals in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Local and US health officials today reported that 25 people in Southern California have contracted meningitis C, most of them men who have sex with men (MSM).
The findings may explain infection in people who don't have direct bird contact.
Two new studies present an alarming picture of the potential reach of Zika and its complex clinical presentation.
Also, the WHO said samples from Guinea-Bissau are part of the African lineage, not the Americas one.
A meta-analysis by German researchers yielded the conclusion that healthcare personnel (HCP) faced about twice as high a risk of H1N1 infection as other groups during the 2009 influenza pandemic, says a report published yesterday in PLoS One.
Situation "continues to be serious and requires sustained control measures," though.
Other new reports detail co-infections with other mosquito-borne viruses and fatal encephalitis.
With new cases reported, federal and global health officials decry shortages in response funding.
A study in Liberia has produced more evidence of persistence of the Ebola virus in semen after patients' recovery from the disease, with some of them still testing positive more than a year after recovery and greater age indicated as a possible risk factor.
