Dracunculiasis

News Scan for May 26, 2020

French study finds high antibiotic use for viral respiratory infections in kids

An assessment of community antibiotic prescribing in French children found high rates of prescribing for viral respiratory tract infections (RTIs) and broad-spectrum antibiotic use, particularly among clinicians 50 years and older, French researchers reported yesterday in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.

Antibiotic prescribing in French kids
Antibiotic use in Welsh primary care
Probable Ebola infection
H9N2 avian flu case in China
Guinea worm cases in Ethiopia

News Scan for Aug 07, 2018

FDA: Cattle may have contaminated romaine lettuce tied to E coli outbreak

Canal water contamination with Escherichia coli O157:H7 near a Yuma, Ariz., romaine lettuce growing region might be linked to a large cattle facility, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said yesterday in an update.

Role of cattle in romaine E coli outbreak
Papua New Guinea polio
Guinea worm in South Sudan

News Scan for Dec 07, 2017

New Lyme tests offer faster, more accurate diagnosis, experts say

A new analysis in Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests that new tests can be used to help diagnose Lyme disease, the most prevalent tick-borne illness in North America.

New Lyme tests
Guinea worm disease

News Scan for Mar 17, 2014

BC measles outbreak sparks Vancouver college alert

A measles outbreak that started at a Christian school in Chilliwack, British Columbia, has now spread to a college campus near Vancouver, according to reports from Fraser Valley Health, the area's public health department, and British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT).