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A potentially promising way to lower the risk of recurrent Clostridium difficile infections is to fight fire with fire, in the form of oral doses of a nontoxigenic strain of C diff, according to a report yesterday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Iowa has 3 new outbreaks and Minnesota 2, while feds free up $330 million for response.
A 39-year-old man is the latest addition to Saudi Arabia's MERS-CoV case count. His illness was reported today by the Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH).
A new case of H7N9 avian flu has been reported from China, this one in a 3-year-old boy from Huaibei City, according to machine-translated notices from provincial health officials posted yesterday on FluTrackers, an infectious disease message board.
The child, who is reportedly in stable condition with mild symptoms, had contact with live poultry before his Apr 27 disease onset. He received outpatient treatment.
Turkey has first H5N1 outbreak since 2008, and Taiwan reports 5 more H5N8 outbreaks.
The outbreaks include two laying operations in Iowa and Minnesota that house about 4 million hens.
China's Jiangxi province on May 1 announced a new H7N9 avian influenza case, involving a 39-year old woman from Jiujiang who is hospitalized in critical condition, according to a provincial health department statement translated and posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
An additional case of MERS-CoV today as well as a recovery over the weekend have been reported from Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH). They bring the cumulative totals in that country since June 2012 to 983 cases, including 428 deaths, 552 recoveries, and 3 active cases.
The emergency declaration activates response plans statewide and in affected counties.
Evidence includes a gene signature match from the woman's blood and Ebola RNA in the man's semen.
Flu activity continues to hang on in a few northeastern states, but most markers declined further last week, except for the hospitalization rate, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that it and partner groups working on earthquake response in Nepal are deploying extra medications and equipment to prevent the spread of diarrheal diseases such as cholera, which can spread when disasters damage and contaminate the clean water supply.
Groups estimate that at least 2.8 million people have been displaced, with many living in 16 makeshift camps.
Nine more outbreaks in Iowa put that state's losses at a quarter of the state's 60 million layer hens.
Several lessons to be learned from an outbreak involving 1 sick dog and 4 human cases.
The lab worker was infected after a needlestick injury, despite receiving the vaccine 10 months prior.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a proposed rule requesting additional scientific data to support the safety and effectiveness of certain ingredients used in over-the-counter healthcare antiseptics, the agency said in a news release.
The 133-nation survey shows major gaps in preventing antibiotic misuse and cutting the spread of drug resistance.
Lab-confirmed cases held steady last week, while some response statistics show reason for concern.
Officials announce that the Americas are the world's first region to officially eliminate rubella and congenital rubella syndrome.
Minnesota, the epicenter of the H5N2 avian influenza battle, today reported 11 more outbreaks on poultry farms, including 8 confirmed detections and 3 presumptive positives, raising the state's total to 67.
