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Two new H7N9 avian flu infections have been detected in China, both in Guangdong province, and the World Health Organization (WHO) in its latest overview of zoonotic flu infections has noted a handful of recent illnesses from China involving different strains.
Two studies show the effectiveness of artemisinin combo drugs in pregnant women.
The H5N6 patient, who had visited a live-poultry market, has the world's 10th case.
The first trimester of pregnancy was associated with the greatest microcephaly risk, the research team found.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) say their research shows that viruses much like the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) coronavirus (CoV) are still lurking in horseshoe bats in China and could jump to humans.
The scientists described their research in a Mar 13 article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
PulseNet, the national lab network that links cases of foodborne disease by tracking genetic fingerprints of pathogens, saves an estimated $500 million and prevents 270,000 disease cases a year, according to an economic evaluation today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Today's WHO statement revealed that all of the recent healthcare-linked cases from Buraydah are from the same hospital.
The goal is to assess new tools, as current weapons aren't working well against Aedes mosquitoes.
An American physician's assistant has been flown from West Africa to the United States for treatment of Lassa fever, according to recent reports from CNN and Emory University Hospital.
CDC guidance now excludes destinations above 6,500 feet, as Aedes mosquitoes are rare in those areas.
Two pediatric flu-related deaths were recorded last week, and several markers are at their highest of the season.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two asymptomatic MERS-CoV cases today related to a healthcare cluster in Buraydah that now includes 19 cases. The agency also noted that three previously reported patients died from their infections, including two in Buraydah.
The total in the Buraydah hospital outbreak climbed to 17, while a WHO report on a recent fatal Qatar case noted a camel farm connection.
An update today came with strong pleas for Congress to pass $1.9 billion in funding.
Two of the 11 patients have been hospitalized, and 8 of 9 interviewed said they ate pistachios before they fell ill.
The saliva report hints at a possible human-to-human transmission route, and the meningitis report expands the list of possible neuro complications.
Chinese health officials today reported 10 more H7N9 avian flu infections, 4 of which were fatal, in adults from China's mainland, according to the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) and translated updates posted on FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
Priorities include diagnostic tests, inactivated vaccines, and mosquito-control tools.
Flu levels in the Northern Hemisphere continued to rise, especially in Europe and North America, with high but stabilizing activity noted in areas of northern Asia and the Middle East, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a Mar 7 update.
The 2009 H1N1 virus is the predominant strain worldwide, though the proportion of influenza B detections has increased recently in several regions.
A healthcare-related MERS-CoV cluster in Buraydah, Saudi Arabia, has grown by 1 case to 14 cases in less than a week, and a man in Jeddah has died from the disease, the Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) reported today. The agency also noted that a previously reported patient died from his infection.
