The World Health Organization's (WHO's) strategy for better hand hygiene in healthcare workers (HCWs) is easily implemented and can make a major impact on patient safety worldwide, says a study published today in Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Two more kids contracted H5N1 in Cambodia, where 70% of cases have been in those under 14.
A serology study in a hard-hit Chinese province shows evidence of asymptomatic or mild H7N9 cases.
