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For the fourth day in a row, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed a new case of MERS-CoV, this one in an 82-year old Saudi man from the city of Alkharj in the central part of the country not far from Riyadh, according to an MOH update today.
The event has caused the CDC to rethink approaches and investigate further the role of PPE.
Qatar has reported its first MERS-CoV case this year, according to media reports, while Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed three new cases in as many days, all in men, none of whom are healthcare workers.
A health worker who helped care for a Liberian man who died from Ebola reported a low-grade fever and is isolated in stable condition.
As the season's first flu deaths occur, some manufacturers have had delays in flu vaccine shipment.
Investigation continues into the geographic extent of the disease and its full spectrum, particularly whether it's related to cases of unexplained limb weakness.
Experts today pushed for new ways to test Ebola treatments, and two groups renewed their urgent pleas for aid.
Confirmation has been received that a healthcare worker in Uganda who became ill Sep11 and died Sep 28 had Marburg virus, a relative of the Ebola virus causing havoc in several West African countries. The last Marburg outbreak in Uganda, affecting 20 people and killing 9 of them, was in 2012, according to a notice from the World Health Organization (WHO) today.
The growth in the number of US EV-D68 cases showed a possible sign of slowing today, with just 14 more confirmed.
Canada, Britain announce enhanced screening, as officials in Spain probe how a health worker was infected.
Findings presented at a major infectious disease conference in Philadelphia today suggest that hospital antibiotic stewardship programs can pay unexpected benefits in children.
Costs associated with foodborne illnesses in the United States total more than $15.6 billion annually, according to a data product released Oct 7 by the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Economic Research Service containing updated estimates.
As West Africa cases top 8,000, the patient in Texas dies and the CDC announces airport screening steps.
Federal health officials reported today that enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) has been detected in another patient who died recently, as the case count rose to 664 and Tennessee joined the list of affected states.
Today's update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put the number of deaths of EV-D68-infected patients at five, one more than before, but it provided no details about the case.
The economic impact of Ebola on West Africa could range from $3.8 billion to $32.6 billion by the end of next year, depending on how quickly it can be contained and how far it spreads in the region, the World Bank reported today in a press release.
Screening for travelers landing at US airports may resemble the setup in airports in outbreak nations.
Another 34 patients have tested positive for enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), raising the US total to 628 cases, and Florida has recorded its first confirmed case, according to today's update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Cases have now been confirmed in 44 states, the CDC reported. The only states with no confirmed cases are Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, Tennessee, Alaska, and Hawaii.
The recent death of a 4-year-old is the nation's first directly caused by EV-D68 as cases jump to 594.
The case could mark the first local transmission of Ebola outside of West Africa.
The WHO enphasizes that the virus is known to spread only through contact with bodily fluids, and the CDC probes environmental persistence.
