Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)

News Scan for Feb 15, 2021

Phase 2 data support bedaquiline-delamanid combo for resistant TB

The results of a National Institutes of Health-funded phase 2 study indicate the new tuberculosis (TB) drugs delamanid and bedaquiline, when combined, have only a modest effect on the electrical activity of the heart, US, South African, and Peruvian researchers reported last week in the Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Trial for resistant-TB drug
Listeria cheese outbreak
Hemolytic uremic syndrome in children

News Scan for Feb 26, 2016

Saudi Arabia reports two more MERS cases

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today confirmed two new MERS-CoV infections in Saudi men, marking 11 new cases in as many days.

Saudi MERS cases
Local dengue in Uruguay
MCR-1 in Tunisia
Antibiotics, HUS, and E coli
Polio in Laos

News Scan for Dec 08, 2015

Phase 1 trial shows good safety, immune response for H7N9 flu vaccine

A live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) candidate for H7N9 avian flu produced a good immune response and was shown safe in a phase 1 human trial, researchers from Russia and the World Health Organization (WHO) reported yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

H7N9 vaccine
Microcephaly in Brazil
HUS treatment
Korean respiratory outbreak
Health worker safety

Food Outbreak Scan for Jul 15, 2015

Minnesota adds two cases to raw fish Salmonella outbreak

Minnesota health officials yesterday linked two recent Salmonella infections to an unusual multistate outbreak tied to raw tuna. The outbreak, first announced by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on May 21, involves Salmonella Paratyphi B variant L(+) tartrate(+). As of Jun 5, the CDC had received reports of 53 cases from 9 states.

Salmonella from raw fish
A decade of E coli O157 data

FOODBORNE DISEASE SCAN: Salmonella in live poultry, E coli outbreak in frozen foods, foodborne illness in Canada

May 10, 2013

FOOD SAFETY SCAN: Frozen snack E coli outbreak update, egg-product certification

Apr 5, 2013

E coli outbreak linked to frozen snacks sickens 24 in 15 states

(CIDRAP News) – Federal and state health officials are investigating a multistate Escherichia coli O121 outbreak that has so far sickened 24 people in 15 states and sparked a recall of a New York company's frozen chicken quesadillas and other snacks.

Lisa Schnirring