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News Scan for Feb 13, 2017

H7N9 cases detected in Beijing and Shanghai

The H7N9 avian influenza virus has sickened two more people in China. The infections were detected in two of the country's biggest cities: Beijing and Shanghai.

  • H7N9 in China
  • Ebola super-spreaders
  • Handshake stewardship
  • Cholera vaccine in pregnancy
  • WNV seroprevalence and immune status

News Scan for Feb 02, 2017

IDSA warns about impacts to science of US travel ban

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) today, along with several other science and medical groups, issued a statement today expressing deep concerns about the impact of a recent executive order restricting entrance by foreign nationals into the United States.

  • IDSA travel-ban concerns
  • Saudi MERS case
  • US vaccine support
  • Cholera vaccine in pregnancy
  • Respiratory infections & NSAIDs

News Scan for Jan 31, 2017

US study: Only 0.2% of pregnant women infected with Zika while traveling

A study yesterday in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology found that 0.2% of US women they screened contracted Zika after traveling to endemic areas while pregnant.

  • Zika in pregnant travelers
  • Africa CDC launch
  • Cholera in Somalia

News Scan for Dec 29, 2016

Saudi officials report MERS in 2 healthcare workers

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today announced two new MERS-CoV illnesses, both of them involving expat women working as healthcare workers in Aseer, located in the southwestern corner of the country.

  • Saudi MERS cases
  • H7N9 in China, Hong Kong
  • Salmonella Oslo outbreak
  • Antibiotic-free chicken
  • Cholera in Yemen

News Scan for Dec 22, 2016

Hospitals penalized for high rates of MRSA and C difficile

The federal government is for the first time cutting Medicare payments to hospitals that have high rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile, according to Kaiser Health News.

  • Hospital penalties for resistant bugs
  • Bacterial vs viral infections
  • Cholera in Yemen

News Scan for Dec 16, 2016

Zika count declines in Mexico; virus may be circulating in Angola

Yesterday the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) released its epidemiologic survey of Zika virus and said the mosquito-borne illness was on the decline in Mexico but increasing in Anguilla, Paraguay, and Peru. Zika cases in the United States, meanwhile, topped 4,600.

  • New Zika cases
  • H7N2 avian flu in NYC cats
  • Ricin exposure
  • Immune globulin for anthrax
  • Cholera in Yemen

News Scan for Dec 09, 2016

US flu vaccine coverage about 40% early in the flu season

About 40% of people in the United States had received a flu vaccine by early November, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today, adding that it estimated the intervention prevented an estimated 5 million flu illnesses, 71,000 flu hospitalizations, and 3,000 deaths.

  • Flu vaccine uptake, effect
  • Saudi MERS cases
  • H7N9 case in China
  • H5N8 in France
  • Yemen cholera increase

News Scan for Dec 02, 2016

Saudi officials report 3 more MERS cases

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported three more MERS-CoV cases, involving a woman and two men from three different locations. All of them had primary exposure to the virus, meaning investigations revealed that they didn't contract MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) from another person.

  • More Saudi MERS cases
  • Ebola media messages
  • Cholera in Yemen

News Scan for Nov 17, 2016

Saudi Arabia reports 2 more MERS cases

The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) said today there were two new cases of MERS-CoV in that country, one linked to camel exposure.

  • MERS in Saudi Arabia
  • H7N9 case details
  • Ice cream Listeria dose probe
  • Yemen cholera surge

News Scan for Nov 09, 2016

Study finds plasmids can accelerate evolution of antibiotic resistance

A study published Monday in Nature Ecology and Evolution suggests plasmids may play more of a role in spreading and facilitating antibiotic resistance than previously thought.

  • Plasmid-mediated resistance
  • MERS in Saudi Arabia
  • Ebola lab incident
  • Cholera vaccine drive in Haiti
  • Polio vaccine in Afghanistan

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