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Those vaccinated 3 years in a row appeared to fare the worst in 2014-15 against H3N2 flu, but experts say it's still beneficial to get a flu shot each year.
Only infected newborn mice developed severe symptoms, similar to humans.
In what Director-General Margaret Chan, MD, MPH, of the World Health Organization (WHO) says is the most serious outbreak of yellow fever in Angola in 30 years, a serious global shortage of vaccine makes what is already a bad situation potentially catastrophic, sources are reporting. Dr. Chan recently visited Angola to observe the situation first-hand.
The new patient is a young son of a woman who recently died from her infection.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Apr 1 shared more information about Martinique's first probable Zika-related microcephaly case, which documents Zika virus infection in the mother and the fetus.
Cattle serve as a natural reservoir for influenza D, which causes mild upper respiratory disease and can be transmitted to other cattle through contact, according to a Mar 30 study in the Journal of Virology.
Officials warn that lack of funds could hinder countermeasure development, battle against mosquitoes.
Now both Liberia and Guinea are dealing with recent flare-ups of the disease.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported a new, fatal MERS-CoV case in Buraydah, the first there this month after the city reported 34 MERS cases in March.
By most measures, the seasonal influenza epidemic in the United States waned further last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an update today, continuing a trend first apparent a week earlier.
Structure details may yield clues on how Zika damages cells and offer an inside track to drug, vaccine, and test developers.
Experts say the world cannot ease up on efforts to fully develop Ebola vaccines.
The area of the US that could be home to the culprit mosquitoes and thus affected by Zika is wider than previously thought.
Long-term antibiotic therapy does not significantly improve quality of life in patients with persistent symptoms attributed to Lyme disease, according to a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A laboratory worker at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may have acquired salmonellosis during work in a biosafety level 2 (BSL-2) facility, said an afternoon press release from the agency.
A case report finds more fetal evidence of Zika-related brain development problems, and a study on fetal neural cells hints at a possible damage mechanism.
Chinese officials have reported another human case of H7N9 avian flu, according to FluTrackers, an infectious disease message board.
A nationwide campaign to isolate 100% of Ebola cases and conduct all burial safely, alongside a global response plan, was a key intervention that helped curb transmission in Sierra Leone, according to a study of illness patterns in chiefdoms and households.
About 31% thought the virus spreads through sneezes, and 42% didn't know about sexual transmission.
Experts say the risk of global spread is low and nations are able to respond to new clusters.
