An algorithm designed to augment antibiotic prescribing in secondary care provided appropriate recommendations that were narrower in spectrum than current clinical practice, UK researchers reported in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Over the weekend and through today, officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed four more Ebola cases, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Ebola dashboard.
Saudi Arabia yesterday reported another lab-confirmed MERS-CoV infection, the second so far for November.
In its weekly flu update today, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the first pediatric flu deaths of the new season and noted that the nation's flu activity increased slightly last week but is still at low levels.
More than three fourths of adults don't know that HPV can cause anal, oral, and penile cancers, a new study finds.
The plan focuses on 10 strategic priorities, including combating antimicrobial resistance.
Seven more confirmed Ebola infections were reported today in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising the outbreak's overall total to 3,091, according the World Health Organization (WHO) online Ebola dashboard. Health officials are also investigating 451 suspected cases.
One more person died from Ebola, listing the fatality count to 2,071.
A 10-year analysis of US tuberculosis (TB) data shows that, for children and adolescents, incidence is low and steadily dropping, but rates are disproportionately high in some groups. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported their findings yesterday in The Lancet Public Health.
Data on 60 million people indicate the vaccine has slashed infections and pre-cancer lesions.
In its regular weekly report on measles, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today reported 41 more illnesses since its update the previous week, boosting the year's total so far to 981 cases. The CDC added that this year's number so far is the highest in the United States since 1992 and the highest since the disease was eliminated in 2000.
