Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today announced two new MERS-CoV cases, plus the death of a recently reported patient.
The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new cases of MERS-CoV in the last 3 days. The cases involve camel and health care workplace exposure, two known risk factors for the respiratory virus. These are the first cases reported by the MOH since Sep 29.
Malaria deaths in Africa have dropped by more than half in the past 15 years, but some countries still struggle with high malaria mortality rates, according to a study yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released its final report on an outbreak of salmonellosis in alfalfa sprouts, calling the outbreak over.
Scientists from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have identified three new strains of norovirus that have caused an epidemic of gastrointestinal disease in Australia this winter. Officials estimate that hundreds of thousands of Australians— most in nursing homes, hospitals, cruise ships, and daycares—have been infected with these new strains.
Researchers in Switzerland yesterday reported they detected the MCR-1 resistance gene in a single Escherichia coli isolate collected from samples of human urinary tract infections. The research appeared in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
After 9 days of no new cases, the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported a new case of MERS-CoV infection.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in its weekly yellow fever report yesterday, noted that genetic testing is under way to see if a Brazilian man picked up the disease after visiting Angola in March. The 58- year-old man from Niteroi died on Apr 2.
FDA approval means a cholera vaccine is available to US travelers for the first time.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported an asymptomatic MERS-CoV infection in a man in Riyadh who is a household contact of a previous MERS patient.
