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A report points to faulty inactivation of Bacillus anthracis spores and inadequate testing.
Decades in the making, the world's first malaria vaccine was cleared by European regulators and awaits WHO decisions.
As Saudi Arabia's Minister of Health (MOH) today confirmed a new MERS-CoV case—the sixth in 4 days—a study found higher viral loads to be associated with more severe disease.
Researchers found that the World Health Organization (WHO) Ebola case definition has a specificity of only 31.5%, and they noted that 9% of Ebola patients reported neither a fever nor any Ebola risk exposure, calling into question WHO norms, according to a large study yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
BARDA's director says he's hopeful that a call for proposals in October will bear better fruit.
Money could come from governments, industry, and others, with grants monitored by independent groups.
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has sickened four more people in Saudi Arabia in the past 2 days, one of them fatally, according to reports from the country's Ministry of Health (MOH).
With 26 new cases, much activity is centered in the two capitals for the 2nd week in a row.
As the CDC orders a comprehensive review, the DoD blames a lack of scientific consensus for its release of live Bacillus anthracis.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday announced a new MERS-CoV case after going 4 days without one, and a study in macaques identified two drugs that might be candidate for human trials.
Two doses of H7N9 avian flu vaccine produced what is considered an adequate immune response in only 2% of adults vaccinated, but two different adjuvants boosted that rate to 57% and 84%, according to a study yesterday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
The contract is for bolstering monoclonal antibody treatment for Ebola.
The top 10% of healthcare workers in terms of antibiotic use prescribe the drugs for 95% or more of patients they see for colds, bronchitis, or other acute respiratory infections (ARI), according to an Annals of Internal Medicine study yesterday.
The lowest 10%, in contrast, prescribe antibiotics at 40% or less of patient visits for ARI.
China's Animal Disease Control Centre has confirmed H5N1 avian flu as the culprit in a die-off of more than 2,000 gulls at Qinghai Lake, a major migratory bird stopover site that has recorded large avian flu outbreaks in previous years, according to a report yesterday from the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE).
A convalescent plasma trial shows early promise, and a report indicates extended virus shedding in urine and stool.
Over concern that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 outbreaks will continue to spread in West Africa, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today called for $20 million to assist with prevention and response activities, according to an FAO news article.
South Korea has gone 15 days without reporting a new MERS-CoV case, keeping the total at 186 cases, the country's Yonhap News Agency reported today. No deaths have been reported in 9 days, keeping the fatality count at 36.
The country will be considered free of the virus if it goes two incubation periods, a total of 28 days, without a new case.
The CDC proposes adding certain H5N1 viruses to HHS's select agent list; experts have varied reactions.
Data from a hospital outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases last spring suggest continuous healthcare-associated transmission for several months, a study today in Emerging Infectious Diseases noted.
An outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to raw, frozen, stuffed chicken products has grown to seven cases, with Oklahoma announcing its first case, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday in an update.
