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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.
Canadian scientists may have solved the mystery of low vaccine efficacy against the H3N2 strain.
The WHO says it's not clear how the virus is jumping to humans, as Saudi Arabia reports a new case.
Guinea's health officials, during a press briefing today on the country's Ebola outbreak, reported that the number of viral hemorrhagic fever cases has reached 112, 70 of them fatal, up from 88 cases and 66 deaths reported yesterday. An account of the press briefing appeared in a French-language report in the Guinea-based Le Jour newspaper, which was translated and posted by H5N1 Blog, an infectious disease news site.
The number of suspected and confirmed cases in the nation climbed from 86 to 103.
China reported one new H7N9 infection today, as well as a death from the virus in a previously confirmed patient. Both are from Guangdong province, according to a health department statement translated and posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board.
Six more cases of Heartland virus infection have been identified since the world's first two cases were detected in the summer of 2012, scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and two states reported today.
One report detailed the burden of healthcare-related infections, and another noted progress.
In an update today on the Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea, the World Health Organization (WHO) African Regional Office said in a statement that two more patients have died, pushing the number of fatalities to 62. The number of suspected cases remained at 86, for a case-fatality ratio of 72%.
Ill patients in Liberia and Sierra Leone cause concern in what WHO calls 'rapidly evolving' Ebola outbreak.
China today reported one new H7N9 influenza case, which was confirmed in a 58-year-old man who lives in Guangdong province, according to a health department statement translated and posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board. The man is hospitalized in critical condition in a Guangzhou hospital.
In separate announcements today, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported two more Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of them fatal, raising the global MERS count to 200 cases.
The WHO today said Guinea has 86 suspected Ebola cases—13 of them lab-confirmed—and 59 deaths.
In addition, Boston researchers provide what they say is the first estimate of MDR-TB in kids.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) late on Mar 21 reported three cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections in adults from Riyadh.
China has reported two new H7N9 influenza cases over the past 3 days, along with the death of a previously confirmed case-patient. Both of the fresh cases are from Guangdong province, which has been one of the main hot spots in the second wave of infections that began in October and has now declined to just a few cases per week.
