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China has reported two more cases of H7N9 avian flu, according to a provincial health report posted by the infectious diseases news board FluTrackers.
Both patients are from Jiangsu province, and their cases were confirmed on Apr 5. The first is a 73-year-old man from Taizhou City who is hospitalized in critical condition.
A chikungunya outbreak in the Dominican Republic underscores the need for greater mosquito-control efforts.
A study focusing on H7N1 avian flu viruses prompted special prepublication reviews because of "dual use" concerns.
Minnesota health officials diagnosed Lassa fever in a man who had traveled to West Africa.
Guinea has reported 10 more suspected or confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD), along with three more deaths. Gregory Hartl, a spokesman for the World Health Organization (WHO), said today in a Twitter post that the developments push the country's overall outbreak total to 137 illnesses, 86 of them fatal.
US influenza activity took a break last week from its recent pattern of steady decline, at least by some measures, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today.
The slow but steady trickle of cases in China could mount with increased travel and poultry sales during the upcoming Qingming Festival.
A Liberian health official said today that three more deaths have been reported among suspected and confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases, raising the number so far to seven, AllAfrica News reported today.
The new Ebola cases push the outbreak total to 127 cases, including 83 fatal ones.
China reported two more H7N9 influenza infections today, along with two deaths in patients whose illnesses were announced earlier.
The trickle of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases continued today with a report of three more in Saudi Arabia.
The cases include one in Jeddah province and two in the Riyadh region, according to a translation of a Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) statement posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
HHS has spent $440 million to bolster defenses against pandemic flu and other threats.
Two more patients have died in Guinea's Ebola outbreak, pushing the number of fatal cases to 80.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed a new fatal case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in a 64-year-old man from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Federal researchers have found antibodies to the 2009 H1N1 (pH1N1) flu virus in almost three fourths of sea otters they tested that were from off the coast of Washington state, according to a letter today in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The WHO has revised its guidance on studies to pinpoint how the virus is infecting people.
Lab tests have confirmed Ebola in two patients from a district that borders Guinea.
Also, researchers noted connections between positive market findings and human H7N9 cases.
Editor's Note: The H5N1 item was corrected on Apr 1 to accurately reflect the date of Laos's previous H5N1 outbreak.
H5N1 avian flu has returned to Laotian poultry after a hiatus of almost 4 years, striking a village flock of more than 5,000 birds, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) reported today.
The WHO says it's not clear how the virus is jumping to humans, as Saudi Arabia reports a new case.
