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The plan would ensure sustainable global access while combating resistance.
In the latest round of lab studies to pinpoint how Zika virus infects and causes birth defects in fetuses, researchers today reported several new clues related to the route and timing of infection, differences between the two viral strains, and even an antibiotic with the potential to block some of the damage.
Data from 2014 showed that resistance to the antibiotic azithromycin quadrupled from 2013.
After a woman returned to the US from a Zika-affected area, a single act of intercourse likely transmitted the virus.
In its weekly yellow fever situation report, the World Health Organization (WHO) today noted 73 more cases of the disease in Angola, bringing that country's suspected cases to 3,625.
Also, studies explore Zika-dengue antibody dynamics and co-infections with chikungunya.
Cameroon's recent outbreak is its first since 2006 and signals southern movement of the virus, the FAO said.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of MERS-CoV today that is not related to the current outbreak that began at the King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh.
The MOH said a 86-year-old Saudi man from Al Aflaj is in stable condition after having symptoms of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). This is the second case since May in Al Aflaj, located in the central part of the country.
The microcephaly case is the 4th in a US state, and the CDC says Olympic travel poses a low Zika risk.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the age indication for Pfizer's Prevnar 13, the pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate vaccine, allowing its use in adults ages 18 through 49 years old, the company said yesterday in a press release.
Vector control experts voice concern over a CDC/EPA plan to spray in Puerto Rico.
Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey reported outbreaks, which a USDA spokesperson said are not uncommon at live markets.
About 5% of adults reported non-prescription use in the past year, while 25% said they were willing to do so.
A French research team yesterday reported the first known detection of Zika virus in the genital tract of an infected woman, along with signs that it persists there after it clears from blood and urine. The team, from Guadeloupe and Toulouse, reported its findings in a letter to The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Italian researchers, meanwhile, said they detected a variant of the MCR-1 gene.
In findings that could help other hospitals, patients with the highest risk shared the emergency room.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending clinicians and all patient populations stop using the liquid stool softener docusate after the medicine has been implicated in an ongoing, healthcare-related Burkholderia cepacia complex (B cepacia) outbreak.
Neither new case is linked to a Riyadh outbreak, and experts describe priorities for MERS-CoV research and development.
Also, a study finds West Africa outbreaks caused by a different H5N1 clade than previously found there.
Utah health officials today announced the first known Zika death in the continental United States, in a Salt Lake County resident who died in late June.
