Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported three more MERS-CoV cases, all secondary infections in Khafji where two other cases were recently reported, potentially signifying a household or healthcare cluster.
More than 100,000 cases of watery diarrhea and suspected cholera have been reported.
A new study by Emory University researchers reports that more than half of the patients visiting primary care clinics in the university's healthcare network with acute respiratory infections (ARIs) received antibiotics, with substantial variation in prescribing rates by site and provider. The findings were published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
The partial government shutdown that began on Dec 22 will have limited impact on most federal public health activities, including flu surveillance and food safety actions, according to official statements and media reports.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Oct 5 announced that it approved expanded use of Gardasil 9 human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for women and men 27 through 45 years old. The vaccine prevents certain cancers and diseases caused by the nine HPV types contained in the vaccine.
During a 4-day pause of fighting in an ongoing conflict, 306,000 Yemenis, including 164,000 children under the age of 15, were vaccinated with the cholera vaccine, according to an update today from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) said today it was part of an international multisite study evaluating ZMapp, an experimental Ebola treatment. ZMapp contains three antibodies and is being used in the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
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.
Saudi Arabia yesterday reported three more MERS-CoV cases, including two from different cities who contracted the virus from a sick household contact.
Kuwait's health ministry said yesterday that an investigation so far hasn't turned up any evidence to suggest that a South Korean business traveler who was diagnosed with MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) after returning to his home country was exposed in Kuwait, the Korea Times reported today.
