Skepticism remains in some high-income nations, with France having the lowest trust in vaccines.
"The anti-vaccine movement is like its own media empire."
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported another MERS-CoV case, marking the second recent case from Khafji in the country's northeast, according to its epidemiologic week 14 report.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported one new MERS-CoV case for epidemiologic week 44. The MOH did not note any cases in epidemiologic week 43, which was last week.
The new case of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) occurred in a 74-year-old man from Riyadh who had contact with camels—a known risk factor for MERS transmission. The man is currently hospitalized.
One week after the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) health ministry declared a new outbreak in the east of the country, an immunization campaign began today, which targeted frontline health workers from the Mangina Reference Health Center, the epicenter of the outbreak, who had been in contact with confirmed cases and their contacts.
A child from Elmore County, Idaho, is recovering from plague, the first human case confirmed in that state since 1992.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW) said yesterday it is not known if the child contracted plague in Idaho or during a recent visit to Oregon. Both states have reported plague in wildlife.
Of kids 7 years and older with autism, 82% got recommended vaccines by age 4, compared with 94% in those without autism.
The extensive study adds to an already vast collection of data on vaccine safety.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new MERS cases yesterday, and the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a small healthcare-associated outbreak occurred in Hafar Al-Batin in January.
Pregnant women who received the pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine in 2009 or 2010 were no more likely to have adverse birth outcomes than women who received the seasonal flu shot at the time, according to a study published yesterday in Vaccine.
