A multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to nut butter produced by an Oregon company has reached 13 cases but now appears to be over, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.
Provincial officials in China have reported two new cases of H7N9 avian flu, according to reports yesterday and today.
The first case is in Ningbo city in Zhejiang province in east central China, according to a China News story yesterday translated and posted by FluTrackers, an infectious disease news message board. The patient—whose age and sex were not specified—had contact with live poultry and is hospitalized.
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) said yesterday that a new norovirus strain implicated in outbreaks in Asia last winter has turned up in Minnesota. In a statement, it said sporadic cases involving the GII.17 Kawasaki strain were detected earlier this year, and that the strain was involved in an outbreak for the first time last week.
The NIH sees its biggest boost in 12 years, and other public health initiatives benefit, too.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now investigating two separate Escherichia coli outbreaks tied to Chipotle restaurants, one involving 53 cases and the other 5, the agency said today in an update.
After going more than 2 weeks without a MERS-CoV case, Saudi Arabia today reported its second in as many days.
Guidance involves steps to curb Salmonella and Campylobacter in poultry and better trace ground beef.
Cases of tularemia in four US states have reached at least 104 for 2015, according to federal and state officials.
Regions vary by disease impact and type of threat, with Africa and Southeast Asia bearing large burdens.
The recall affects all of the company's nut butter spread products, which were distributed to nationwide retailers and through the mail.
