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News Scan for Jun 08, 2015

Study: H3N2 viruses evolve quickly, move around the globe more

Compared with H3N2 influenza—which dominated the flu landscape this past season in the Northern Hemisphere and is often associated with more severe disease—H1N1 and B viruses do not show the same degree of global movement but persist for longer periods locally, according to a mapping study today in Nature.

  • Global spread of flu viruses
  • Chikungunya cases top 1.5 million

News Scan for Jun 01, 2015

Sierra Leone reports another spurt of Ebola cases

Sierra Leone is reporting a spate of new Ebola cases in a new hot spot in the Kaffu Bullom part of Port Loko district, located in the western part of the country, according to official and media reports.

  • Ebola in Sierra Leone
  • DoD anthrax probe
  • Chikungunya cases
  • Avian flu in Taiwan

News Scan for May 26, 2015

H9N2 infects Egyptian boy

Egypt has reported an H9N2 avian influenza case involving a 7-year-old boy, the country's third such detection so far this year, according to a posting from ProMED Mail that is based on a notification from a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) database. ProMED Mail is the online reporting system of the International Society for Infectious Diseases.

  • H9N2 in Egypt
  • More chikungunya cases

News Scan for May 18, 2015

Sierra Leone confirms more Ebola cases, disease tops WHA agenda

After going 8 days without an Ebola case, Sierra Leone since May 14 has seen a trickle of newly confirmed cases, including 2 from Port Loko, 3 from Western Area Urban, and 1 from Kambia, the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) said today in an update.

  • Ebola in Sierra Leone, Guinea
  • Niger meningitis epidemic
  • Misdiagnosis and antibiotic resistance
  • More chikungunya cases

News Scan for May 11, 2015

Burkina Faso, Turkey, and Taiwan report high-path avian flu

Veterinary officials in Burkina Faso and Turkey reported more highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu outbreaks, as their counterparts in Taiwan reported that highly pathogenic H5N2 has struck 10 more locations, according to separate reports to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).

  • Avian flu in Burkina, Turkey, Taiwan
  • Drug-resistant typhoid
  • More chikungunya
  • Plague drug approved
  • Washington state E coli
  • Measles in France

News Scan for May 04, 2015

Saudi Arabia reports 1 new MERS case, 1 recovery

An additional case of MERS-CoV today as well as a recovery over the weekend have been reported from Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH). They bring the cumulative totals in that country since June 2012 to 983 cases, including 428 deaths, 552 recoveries, and 3 active cases.

  • MERS case in Saudi Arabia
  • More chikungunya in Americas

News Scan for Apr 27, 2015

New UNMEER leader appointed as Ebola cases increase

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Apr 25 appointed Peter Jan Graaff to lead the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), taking the place of Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed of Mauritania, who had held the position since late December. Ould Cheikh Ahmed succeeded UNMEER's first chief, Anthony Banbury.

  • New UNMEER leader
  • Chikungunya increase
  • H7N9 case in China
  • Avian flu in Taiwan, Vietnam, Russia
  • Travel alerts for dengue, RRVD

News Scan for Apr 20, 2015

Saudi Arabia announces two more MERS cases

Saudi Arabia today reported two more MERS-Cov cases in different cities, after a weekend with no new cases.

  • Two more MERS cases
  • H5N1 in Egypt
  • Chikungunya uptick
  • New approach to sepsis
  • Fake-drug alert

News Scan for Apr 13, 2015

New H3N2 virus implicated in Chicago canine flu outbreak

A canine influenza outbreak affecting dogs in Chicago and other Midwest locations is being fueled by a virus closely related to Asian H3N2 strains and not H3N8 as originally thought, researchers from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin announced yesterday.

  • New strain in dog flu outbreak
  • Saudi MERS deaths, new health chief
  • More chikungunya
  • Drugs in food animals
  • Global Salmonella burden

News Scan for Apr 06, 2015

Ebola infection reported in former Sierra Leone hot spot

A 9-month boy tested positive for Ebola after he died in Sierra Leone's Kailahun district, a former hot spot for the disease that had not seen a case over the past 4 months, Reuters reported today.

  • Ebola in Sierra Leone
  • Two Saudi MERS cases
  • More chikungunya cases
  • Listeria-tied plant closure
  • Variant norovirus strain

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