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New cases in West Africa remained at 3 for the 3rd straight week, and the WHO IHR panel will meet next week.
The US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) yesterday announced two actions to help prepare for a potential return of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) to US flocks: a request for proposals for vaccines to equip the National Veterinary Stockpile and a notification that it will publish an environment assessment on vaccinating poultry.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday reported 19 new cyclosporiasis cases in the past week, bringing the 2015 outbreak total to 476 infections in 29 states.
Iowa took an economic hit of about $1.2 billion from this year's avian flu outbreaks.
As 10 new cases are announced, a Riyadh hospital's ED is identified as an outbreak hot spot.
Those who refuse or delay vaccines constitute a growing, urgent challenge around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement today.
Saudi Arabia reports 14 recent MERS cases—all but 1 in Riyadh—and 4 deaths.
Thirteen years of US safety data on the inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV, or polio shot) show that it is not associated with major side effects, a study yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases noted.
Sierra Leone is down to its last known Ebola transmission chain, a sign of continuing progress in the battle against the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today. It added that the country has now gone a full epidemiologic week without a new case for the first time since the outbreak began last year.
Since Aug 1, Saudi Arabia has reported 32 cases, many with hospital links, but some with unknown sources.
Lassa virus (LASV) genome sequences have revealed that the although the virus was only discovered in 1969, it originated more than a thousand years ago in present-day Nigeria and continues to undergo significant evolutionary change, according to a National Institutes of Health (NIH)–funded study yesterday in Cell.
Three countries reported fresh avian influenza outbreaks today from four different strains, three of them highly pathogenic, according to separate reports to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).
China's agriculture ministry today reported two outbreaks involving two different high-path strains, H5N6 at a commercial farm in Guangdong province and H5N2 on a farm in Jiangsu province.
NARMS study finds that overall, drugs used for two most common foodborne bacteria are holding the line against resistance.
Legionella found to claim prime spot in more than half of outbreaks related to water.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported one new MERS-CoV case, in yet another person from Riyadh who might be part of an ongoing hospital-linked outbreak.
The patient is an 81-year-old Saudi woman who is hospitalized in crucial condition, according to an MOH statement today. Health officials are still reviewing exposure she may have had to a suspected or confirmed case in the community or the healthcare setting.
Among the four newest cases reported from Saudi Arabia today, three are from Riyadh.
Transmission in healthcare settings has medical officials bracing for more cases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement yesterday confirming that a wild poliovirus case has not been detected in Africa for 1 year.
Also, Saudi authorities reported four more cases in a steadily growing Riyadh outbreak.
US entomologists call for integrated research and technology to halt the spread of ticks.
