The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today warned health providers about an increase in the number of Cyclospora cases in the United States, with 206 infections in 27 states reported so far in people who were sick on or after May 1.
Of 76 patients with available information, 35 (46%) required hospitalization.
Federal officials today said they have reopened their investigation of a multistate outbreak of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Salmonella Heidelberg infections linked to raising calves and have reported 10 new cases.
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS case today, the first case since Jul 11.
One patient has died and 12 are hospitalized; Maradol papayas are the likely culprit.
A new study in Emerging Infectious Diseases describes the physical and financial burden of a nosocomial outbreak caused by New Delhi metallo (NDM) beta-lactamase–containing Klebsiella pneumoniae.
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, yesterday announced the second year of funding to states—totaling $30.9 million—to support the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Officials say atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy ("mad cow") was detected in an 11-year-old cow.
Recommendations focus on pre- and probiotics, countermeasures, and prevention steps.
The Texas Department of State Health Services said today that clinicians should consider testing patients who complain of lingering diarrhea for Cyclospora, a parasite that can cause severe diarrheal illness.
