The CDC and FDA continue to investigate the E coli outbreak, which has sickened 9 people in 3 states.
Federal law dictates the CDC must fill a Senate-confirmed position within 210 days of a vacancy.
A new study finds that newborns who develop severe E coli infections received fewer protective antibodies against the bacteria than did healthy infants.
Seven people in California, Texas, and Florida have been sickened in the outbreak, including 4 children under the age of 3.
Daily lab monitoring for thrombotic microangiopathy identified all future hemolytic uremic syndrome cases.
On January 19, a broken pipe dumped more than 200 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac.
The oral, whole-cell vaccine for enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli was safe and induced protective efficacy in young children in Gambia.
A US surveillance study found a higher incidence rate of invasive E coli than expected, and worrisome levels of antibiotic resistance.
The intravenous formulation of fosfomycin has a novel mechanism of action and no known cross-resistance to other antibiotic classes.
The researchers also discovered that UTIs in patients from high-poverty neighborhoods were 60% more likely to be caused by animal-to-human strains.
