Exceptional Ebola surveillance and swift responses to outbreaks will be the key to taking advantage of the availability of Ebola vaccines, say three experts who offered their thoughts on the future use of such vaccines in a new article from the World Health Organization (WHO).
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Apr 1 shared more information about Martinique's first probable Zika-related microcephaly case, which documents Zika virus infection in the mother and the fetus.
Structure details may yield clues on how Zika damages cells and offer an inside track to drug, vaccine, and test developers.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today reported that 9 more people have been sickened with Salmonella Virchow associated with recalled RAW Meal Organic Shake and Meal powders, bringing the outbreak total to 27 cases.
The approach could be used to screen other dengue vaccine candidates, as well as for Zika vaccines.
The first trimester of pregnancy was associated with the greatest microcephaly risk, the research team found.
A meta-analysis published yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases suggests that dengue infection in pregnant women may increase the risk of adverse fetal outcomes such as preterm birth and low birth weight.
Wisconsin health officials are investigating an outbreak of 44 bloodstream infections in mostly older patients, with 18 deaths, caused by a bacterium called Elizabethkingia anophelis, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (WDHS) announced yesterday.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today confirmed two new MERS-CoV infections in Saudi men, marking 11 new cases in as many days.
The WHO's mosquito-control assessment spoke to the complex and daunting task, but also acknowledged a possible role for newer tools.
