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The committee will meet Feb 1 to discuss the growing threat and possibly related neurologic complications.
The multistate outbreak of Listeria infections tied to Dole salads has grown by 3 cases, to 15, while the number of affected states has grown from 6 to 8 and Dole announced an expanded recall, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in an update. The number of deaths remains the same, at one.
Zika outbreaks are getting high-level attention, and Brazil reports 287 new microcephaly cases.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed a new MERS-CoV case today in the central city of Al-Kharj, the country's fifth case in under a week.
The new MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) case involves a 47-year-old Saudi man who had direct contact with camels, a known risk factor for the disease. He is hospitalized in stable condition and is not a healthcare worker, the MOH said.
Provincial health officials have confirmed H7N9 avian flu in a 33-year-old man in Hunan province, the first case in the central China province this winter, according to Xinhua, China's state news agency.
The man, from Xintian County, is hospitalized. No other information about his condition or risk factors is available.
The guidance covers testing of newborns, and the Virgin Islands and DR are now on the travel advisory.
Also, 5 of 6 recent cases detailed by the WHO involve camel contact.
In its monthly report on influenza at the animal-human interface, the World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed human H5N1 and H9N2 avian flu cases in Bangladesh. Both were from October.
In the more than 2 months since a previous update, the toll of a cucumber-linked Salmonella outbreak has risen by 50 cases and 2 deaths, and Tennessee has joined the list of affected states. Cases have reached 888, deaths 6, and states 39, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.
For the 2nd time in 7 months, Thailand has reported a case in a traveler from Oman.
All areas that harbor Aedes are vulnerable, and the Dominican Republic now has a local case.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Jan 22 updated its highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) fall plan, fine-tuning details about reimbursing farmers for lost poultry and finalizing its vaccination policy should that step be enacted.
The original fall plan was released in September 2015 after multiple HPAI outbreaks decimated flocks in some states in the spring and summer.
Over the weekend the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) linked Canada's multiprovince outbreak of listeriosis to salads from a Dole production plant in Springfield, Ohio, that on Jan 22 was implicated in a 12-case US outbreak, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued its own recall.
The CDC adds 8 more destinations to its travel alert, as experts assess the threat.
The guidance emphasizes integrated care for diverse needs of survivors.
A six-state outbreak of Listeria infections involving 12 cases and 1 death has been linked to Dole prepackaged salads, which have been recalled, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.
Flu activity in the United States continued a slow but steady rise last week, with slight increases seen in several of the markers that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses to track the levels.
El Salvador notes a GBS spike that may be linked to Zika, and St. Martin and Guadeloupe report their first local cases.
A team led by Duke University researchers has developed a gene-detecting test that could help physicians determine whether an acute respiratory infection (ARI) is caused by a virus or a bacterium, which could reduce antibiotic overprescribing, according to a study yesterday in Science Translational Medicine.
The infected woman is an aunt of the recently reported Ebola patient whose death marked the end of Ebola-free status in West Africa.
