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Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed that a seven-case MERS-CoV cluster in Hofuf involves Almana General Hospital and includes a nurse, according to a machine-translated statement posted today by Avian Flu Diary, a leading infectious disease blog.
Two cases are part of what appears to be a growing hospital outbreak in Hofuf, and the other 2 are in Riyadh.
Only about a third of US teen boys have received even one dose of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, and only about one in seven has received the recommended three doses, with uptake a bit higher in some minority groups, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday in Pediatrics.
Two cases are part of a hospital cluster in Hofuf, Al-Kharj reported fatal MERS, and Riyadh has a new case.
Officials said 5 super-spreaders caused 83% of cases, and they confirmed a new MERS death.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Oct 23 reported 2,095 new cases of chikungunya in the Caribbean and Americas.
This brings the overall total this year to 600,553, including 575,281 suspected, 24,388 confirmed locally acquired, and 884 imported cases. PAHO's last update included 2,464 new cases.
Experts urge further trials of GSK's vaccine after a study showed strain mismatch.
New DNA evidence has shown that Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plaque, has been endemic in humans for at least 3,000 years before the first plague pandemic was recorded, according to findings yesterday in Cell.
The 2 patients in Riyadh are a health worker and a contact with a previous case.
Physicians' lukewarm communication and follow-through about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine may likely contributing to low vaccination levels, researchers reported today. A team from Harvard Medical School reported its findings in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention.
Two of the new cases were not part of known transmission chains, which is a concern.
The new Riyadh case bears similarities to several recent cases among a group of female roommates who work as janitors.
More than 500 new cholera cases have been reported in Iraq since last week, and the outbreak has spread to the northern region of Iraqi Kurdistan, according to a Middle East Online update yesterday.
A study of hospital admission for severe acute respiratory infections (SARIs) in military personnel found that recent flu vaccination lowered the risk of severe disease, while occupational factors and comorbidities may increase SARI risk, according to findings yesterday in Vaccine.
The new case is in Hofuf, and WHO's director-general said Saudi health authorities have discussed vaccine development with US officials.
Levels of flu and other respiratory viruses are declining in the Southern Hemisphere, with little activity or only sporadic detections elsewhere, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a global flu update yesterday, based on data as of the first week of October.
The condition of a Scottish nurse who is hospitalized with neurologic complications following an Ebola infection has been upgraded from critical to serious but stable, Royal Free London hospital said yesterday in an update.
Also, a new study found that 47% of Kenyan camels tested had evidence of MERS-CoV antibodies.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Oct 16 reported 2,464 new cases of chikungunya in the Caribbean and Americas.
The new total includes 573,708 suspected and 23,875 confirmed local acquired cases and 875 imported cases reported in 2015, or 598,458 total for the year. The previous PAHO update included 3,409 new cases.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Oct 16 released final reports on two separate Salmonella outbreaks linked to frozen chicken entrees.
