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Flu Scan for Sep 27, 2018

UK study: High flu vaccine uptake in seniors but modest protection

Flu vaccine uptake in UK seniors has been high in recent flu seasons, but vaccine effectiveness (VE) has been modest in this age-group and the vaccine has been ineffective against the most severe strain, according to a study today in Eurosurveillance.

  • Flu vaccine protection in seniors
  • Bivalent avian flu vaccine in poultry

News Scan for Sep 25, 2018

Adjuvanted TB vaccine shows promise in curbing active infections

A phase 2 study of an adjuvanted subunit vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) in young and middle-aged adults with the latent form of the disease found that it was 54% effective against progression to the active pulmonary form of the disease. An international team led by scientists from GlaxoSmithKline, the vaccine's developer, reported its findings today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

  • Adjuvanted TB vaccine
  • Congenital syphilis surge
  • Undiagnosed Disease Network grows
  • H5N6 in Vietnamese poultry

News Scan for Sep 20, 2018

California has 2nd low-path H7N3 avian flu outbreak in turkeys

US Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials have confirmed a second outbreak of low-pathogenic H7N3 avian flu in a California turkey flock in the same county—Stanislaus—as one reported a week ago, according to a World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) report yesterday.

  • More low-path H7N3 in California
  • Cholera in Zimbabwe
  • Coconut oil against mosquitoes

News Scan for Sep 14, 2018

DRC reports 3 more Ebola infections, all from same hot spot

Tests have confirmed Ebola in three more people, all from the hot spot in Beni, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) health ministry said today.

  • More DRC Ebola cases
  • Polio cases in 4 nations
  • Low-path H7N3 on California farm
  • Salmonella and breaded chicken

Flu Scan for Sep 06, 2018

Tests find flu, common cold viruses in ill passengers on Emirates flights

Tests on 10 people on a flight from Dubai to New York City who were hospitalized afterward showed no illnesses except for flu and common cold viruses, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health) announced today, adding that it expects all 10 people to be released soon.

  • Flu, colds implicated in NYC fliers
  • CDC peramivir stockpile contract
  • Topical cream vaccine boost trial
  • WHO on 6th H7N9 wave

News Scan for Sep 04, 2018

Three new MERS cases reported in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's health ministry reported three new MERS-CoV cases so far in the first days of September, according to a post summarizing activity in epidemiologic week 36.

  • Saudi MERS cases
  • Cyclospora in domestic cilantro
  • Avian flu in Asia, Europe

News Scan for Aug 31, 2018

DRC confirms 1 more Ebola case as vaccination level passes 5,000

One more case has been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) latest Ebola outbreak, in a patient from Beni, the health ministry said yesterday in its latest update.

  • DRC Ebola total at 116
  • MERS in Saudi Arabia
  • More polio in 4 nations
  • H1N2v case in Ohio
  • Intercontinental avian flu duck travel

News Scan for Aug 28, 2018

CEPI announces support for MERS vaccine collaboration

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) recently announced a collaboration with Germany-based IDT Biologika worth up to $36 million to develop and produce a vaccine against Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

  • MERS vaccine partnership
  • Molecular TB testing
  • H5N1 avian flu in Malaysia

News Scan for Aug 24, 2018

CDC again reports 4 more H1N2v flu infections

For the third week in a row the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed four cases of variant H1N2 (H1N2v) flu, this time in California and Ohio.

  • More H1N2v flu cases
  • Cyclospora outbreak grows
  • Polio in Nigeria, Somalia
  • Avian flu, distemper in seals

News Scan for Aug 23, 2018

Alaska mumps outbreak keeps going despite expanded vaccination efforts

A mumps outbreak centered in Anchorage, Alaska, has chugged along for more than a year and reached nearly 400 cases despite a series of vaccination recommendations that expanded to include the entire state, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today.

  • Alaska mumps outbreak
  • Priority review for tropical diseases
  • Avian flu in Malaysia, Taiwan

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