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Three more cases of cyclosporiasis have been added to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) official outbreak count as of today, putting it at 601. Texas, the state with the most cases, accounts for 250 cases in CDC's current count, but the state's own count lists 274 cases, 5 more than yesterday. With those additional 24 cases, the national count would stand at 625.
Diethycarbamazine (DEC) has become the first medication prequalified by the World Health Organization (WHO) for treatment of a neglected tropical disease (NTD), namely lymphatic filariasis, the WHO announced today. The drug's Japanese manufacturer, Eisai Co. Ltd., has committed to donating 2.2 billion tablets over a 6-year period.
New research finds more clues on how H7N9, along with a previously unknown H7N7 virus that has the capacity to infect mammals, evolved.
Strong evidence that a bat from Saudi Arabia is the virus's natural reservoir.
The official number of Cyclospora cases reported in an update today from the Centers for Disease Control stands at 598, an increase of 5 from yesterday, and South Dakota and Wyoming have each reported their first case, bringing the number of states affected to 22. Texas is reporting 269 cases currently, 19 more than counted by CDC for the state, which would raise the national total to 617.
New Mexico health officials have pinpointed the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has so far sickened 316 people in 37 states.
The CDC today announced $75 million in grants to help states and cities respond to infectious disease threats.
A 59-year-old man in Qatar is sick with a MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infection, according to an Agence France-Presse (AFP) report today, marking what appears to be the Persian Gulf country's third case.
The CDC estimates the nation's Lyme disease burden at about 300,000 cases per year, far more than are actually reported.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has won US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its second four-strain influenza vaccine, FluLaval Quadrivalent, making it the fourth such vaccine on the US market.
Saudi Arabia has identified two more cases of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infection, according to a brief, machine-translated report today from the Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH). They are the first cases reported since Aug 1.
Researchers found clear evidence that an intense immune response played a role in the demise of some pandemic H1N1 victims.
The number of Cyclospora cayetanensis infections across the country now stands at 576, an increase of 28 in the past 2 days, according to an update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this morning. The Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) shows that state's number at 258, which is 18 more than the CDC's currentTexas count; with those included, the nationwide total would now be 594.
West Nile virus activity is well below last summer's big spike, but cases have been reported in 42 states so far.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that, because of "increasing geographic extent of circulation over a prolonged period of time," the risk of international spread of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) from Israel is moderate to high.
A new molecular strategy could diffuse some of the controversy over lab-modified flu viruses.
A serologic study of people who were exposed to patients with confirmed H5N1 avian flu in China found evidence of only two asymptomatic infections, suggesting that the virus isn't easily transmissible, researchers reported yesterday.
The team included scientists from the Chinese government, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the US government, and their findings appeared in PLoS One.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today reported nine more US Cyclospora infections, raising its case count to 548, but the total does not include 21 of the most recent cases that the TexasDepartment of State Health Services (TDSHS) has listed on its Web site. Those additions would bring the tally to 569.
The CDC changed its criteria on whom should be tested, as the WHO and ECDC issued updates.
Two more kids contracted H5N1 in Cambodia, where 70% of cases have been in those under 14.
