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News Scan for Oct 01, 2013

Saudi Arabia announces three more MERS cases

Saudi Arabia has reported three more Middle East Respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases, according to a machine-translated Saudi government statement posted on disease-tracking Web sites.

  • More Saudi MERS cases
  • Boston BSL-4 lab clears hurdle
  • Colorado TB investigation
  • Hepatitis C screening
  • Polio in South Sudan

News Scan for Sep 24, 2013

Delegates at Riyadh meeting call for intensive study of MERS-CoV

Officials at the second International Conference on Mass Gathering Medicine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, called for "intensive global investigation" of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) to help determine how it spreads and other factors, according to an Arab News report today.

  • MERS-CoV research wanted
  • Hepatitis A berry outbreak
  • H5N1 outbreaks in Nepal
  • Land use and disease

Food Outbreak Scan for Aug 05, 2013

Cyclospora cases rise to 425 as feds add investigative help

The number of patients sickened in a multistate Cyclospora outbreak has climbed to 425, according to an update today from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The number of affected states remained at 16, with Iowa, Texas, Nebraska, and Florida as the hardest hit. So far 24 patients have been hospitalized, but no deaths have been reported.

  • Cyclospora outbreak update
  • Berry-linked hepatitis A

News Scan for Jul 26, 2013

Indiana, Ohio report new H3N2v cases

Indiana and Ohio each reported a new variant H3N2 influenza (H3N2v) case last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its weekly FluView update.

  • Two new H3N2v cases
  • Hepatitis B and C in Europe
  • H7N7 in South Africa

News Scan for Jul 25, 2013

CDC says progress in HPV vaccination has stalled

Progress in the uptake of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in US teen girls has stalled, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.

  • HPV vaccination plateau
  • FDA clears rapid TB test
  • Hepatitis E in refugee camp

Food Outbreak Scan for Jul 25, 2013

Ohio, Minnesota report Cyclospora cases; total grows to 285

Two more states—Minnesota and Ohio—have each reported one Cyclospora infection, raising the number of affected states to 11 and the nation's total to 285 cases, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in an update.

  • More Cyclospora cases, states
  • Hepatitis outbreak grows

News Scan for Jul 24, 2013

Poll finds majorities in 22 nations concerned over MERS

Majorities of respondents in 22 of 24 nations are concerned that cases of Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS) might be detected in their country soon, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll of 15 developed countries and 9 developing nations released today, Ipsos said in a news release.

  • Concern over MERS
  • Legionellosis in Milwaukee
  • Hepatitis action call
  • Malaria prevention in Africa

News Scan for Jul 18, 2013

Wisconsin town battles costly TB outbreak

Sheboygan, Wis., has spent millions battling a nine-case tuberculosis (TB) outbreak this spring and summer that may still be growing, at a time when states are cutting their TB-control budgets, NPR reported today.

  • TB in Wisconsin
  • Salmonella in tree nuts
  • Two more hepatitis outbreak cases

Food Safety Scan for Jul 17, 2013

New FDA Salmonella policy stricter on pet food than livestock feed

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a new policy on Salmonella that takes a stricter approach for pet food than for livestock feed, citing the greater risk for humans from contaminated pet food.

  • Salmonella in pet food
  • More hepatitis cases

Food Outbreak Scan for Jul 11, 2013

Salmonella strain in 2012-13 chicken outbreak found earlier on same farm

The strain of Salmonella Heidelberg associated with a 2012-13 multistate outbreak declared over just yesterday was also found on the outbreak farm in 2004, state and federal health professionals said today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

  • Salmonella outbreak recap
  • Salmonella and food sources
  • Irish link to hepatitis outbreak

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