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Recent outbreaks in Iraq and Lebanon pose a risk to other nations because of political instability and a host of other factors.
Pertussis immunization with the acellular vaccine offers high protection during the first 3 years, but immunity tapers off significantly over the next 4 years, Canadian researchers reported today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ).
Five of the six candidates are medical doctors, and four have served as health ministers.
A report today says spraying with naled and Bti to target Aedes aegypti was effective.
Originally published Sep 22.
A collection of public health and infectious disease groups are banding together to ensure that the United Nations (UN), national governments, and other international bodies live up to their promise to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today announced two new MERS-CoV cases, both of them involving men who had primary exposure to the virus, meaning they didn't contract their infections from another person.
As St. Kitts and Nevis reports the disease, Guatemala notes its first related birth defects.
The most common pathogens not properly inactivated were Bacillus anthracis and Francisella tularensis.
Yesterday the World Health Organization (WHO) described five recent cases of MERS-CoV in Saudi Arabia, providing more evidence of the risk that camel contact poses in transmitting the disease.
Given past patterns, the FAO warned countries that border the Caspian and Black Seas, as well as Western Europe, to be on high alert.
A cluster in Hawaii involves bacteria with high resistance to azithromycin and reduced susceptibility to ceftriaxone.
The UN declaration, however, did not set any targets for reduced use of antibiotics in humans and animals.
The US Department of Health and Human Services announced today it has invested more than $67 million into partnerships with two drug companies to develop innovative antibiotics and diagnostics to help combat the growing threat of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections, with options that could bring the investment to about $284 million.
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health (MOH) reported one new MERS case today. Like other recent cases, this patient had direct contact with camels.
The MOH said a 78-year-old Saudi person from Sakaka was infected with MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). The agency did not specify the patient's sex, which is unusual. He or she is listed in stable condition.
The study, based on 34 million discharge records over 6 years, is the first to estimate trends in US hospitals.
In other developments, without Zika funding federal officials have had to tap research money for cancer and other diseases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today described a case of MERS-CoV in a Saudi man diagnosed with the virus while he was visiting Vienna, Austria. This is the second case of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) reported in that country and was noted in recent media reports.
A new report from the World Bank says rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has the potential to cause as much economic damage as the 2008 financial crisis.
Though some are skeptical, all experts hope for concrete actions.
