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Suspected botulism has sickened 24 people and killed 1 after a potluck lunch at a Lancaster, Ohio, church, Reuters reported today.
Fifty to 60 people attended the lunch on April 19 at Cross Pointe Free Will Baptist Church, and outbreak patients started getting sick on Apr 21, said Jennifer Valentine, a spokeswoman for the Fairfield (County) Department of Health.
Through a review of DNA data from listeriosis cases, federal health officials have identified two more patients who were affected by a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to Blue Bell Creameries products, increasing the case count to 10.
School closures in Michigan during the fall wave of the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic had little impact on disease spread, according to a retrospective study by a team based at the University of Michigan. The group published its findings yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
A possible risk of Ebola transmission from survivors' semen prompted the CDC to revise its advice.
The farm in Iowa houses 5.3 million chickens, 2 more Minnesota turkey farms are affected, and Ontario has a new outbreak.
Saudi Arabia today reported two more MERS-Cov cases in different cities, after a weekend with no new cases.
The World Bank says it will provide at least $650 million to help West Africa recover.
H5N2 has now affected over 1.7 million Minnesota birds, 2.4 million in central US.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported a new MERS-CoV infection in a 65-year-old man from Duba, located in the northwestern part of the country.
The man has symptoms, didn't have contact with any suspected or known cases, and is listed in stable condition, according to an MOH statement. He is not a healthcare worker (HCW).
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has notified federal officials that it has recalled the remaining doses of its 2014-15 Flulaval quadrivalent thimerosal-free prefilled syringes, because of a reduced potency issue.
California officials say the Disney-linked outbreak is nearly over, and Kyrgyzstan warrants a CDC notice.
Wisconsin now has had 3 outbreaks, and the USDA reports 43 total outbreaks.
Also ahead of economic talks, Oxfam said $1.7 billion is needed to rebuild health systems, and the World Bank shared employment data.
In its annual report on public health funding, the nonprofit Trust for America's Health (TFAH) today noted that public health spending continues to decline at both the federal and state levels and recommends not only increased funding but strategically allocated funding.
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has detected 12 cases of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection in four provinces that might be linked to leafy greens, the agency said in a statement yesterday.
Guinea's progress is fragile in its fight against Ebola, with community resistance still reported in some areas.
Two biosecurity experts who have called for civil debate and mutual understanding surrounding dual-use research of concern (DURC) issues yesterday proposed a framework for moving forward.
The study of VSV-EBOV hopes to enroll 6,000 health and other frontline workers.
The 7 latest patients in Egypt include a mother and son who got sick on the same day after poultry exposure.
The Minnesota outbreaks affect 542,500 turkeys, and the virus also turned up across the border in Iowa.
