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News Scan for Oct 25, 2016

NDA submitted for new antibiotic for hospital-treated skin infections

Melinta Therapeutics yesterday submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the US Food and Drug for the approval of intravenous and oral Baxdela (delafloxacin), an antibiotic for the treatment of bacterial skin and skin structure infections.

  • Antibiotic NDA
  • US cholera vaccine
  • H5N8 in India
  • Malaria treatment failures
  • El Nino and infections

News Scan for Oct 19, 2016

CDC calls E coli outbreak tied to Adams Farm meat over after 11 cases

A multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli infections tied to Adams Farm beef, veal, and bison products appears to be over after 11 cases, which is 4 more than when the outbreak was first reported last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.

  • E coli in beef
  • Avian flu outbreaks
  • Cholera funding
  • Healthcare-related infections
  • 5-strain kids' vaccine

News Scan for Oct 18, 2016

MERS infects 2 more in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today announced two new MERS-CoV cases, plus the death of a recently reported patient.

  • More Saudi MERS cases
  • One-dose cholera vaccination

News Scan for Oct 17, 2016

Two new MERS cases confirmed in Saudi Arabia

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.

  • Saudi MERS cases
  • ESBL-E in travelers
  • Cholera in Haiti
  • Meningitis at UW-Madison
  • Afghan polio campaign

News Scan for Oct 11, 2016

Malaria mapping finds 57% drop in deaths in sub-Saharan Africa

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.

  • Africa malaria deaths
  • Arkansas mumps outbreak
  • ASPs in peds hospital
  • Cholera in Haiti
  • H5N1 cases in Egypt

News Scan for Sep 30, 2016

CDC declares Salmonella outbreak in sprouts over after 36 cases

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.

  • Sprout Salmonella over
  • UN cholera response
  • Pneumonia severity in kids

News Scan for Sep 13, 2016

3 new strains of norovirus cause epidemic in Australia

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.

  • New norovirus strains
  • MDR pathogens in Syrian kids
  • Lassa fever in Nigeria
  • Cholera in Haiti
  • New C diff antibiotic

News Scan for Aug 19, 2016

Swiss researchers report MCR-1 in E coli from a urinary tract infection

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.

  • MCR-1 in UTI in Switzerland
  • HPV vaccine acceptance
  • UN cholera lawsuit immunity

News Scan for Aug 18, 2016

New Saudi MERS case linked to camel exposure

After 9 days of no new cases, the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported a new case of MERS-CoV infection.

  • Saudi MERS case
  • Burden of bloodstream infections
  • UN Haiti cholera shift
  • Contact lens infections

News Scan for Jul 27, 2016

Possible case of Angolan yellow fever in Brazil as vaccine trial launches

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.

  • Yellow fever in Americas
  • E coli beef recalls
  • H7N9 cases in China
  • Cholera in South Sudan

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