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An updated analysis of the seasonal flu attack rate in unvaccinated people found that the virus infects 1 in 5 children each year and 1 in 10 adults, with symptomatic illness seen in about half of the infections. A team from Australia and New Zealand reported its findings yesterday in Vaccine.
The Brazilian Ministry of Health (MOH) updated yellow fever counts for the country, noting 61 newly confirmed cases including 22 more deaths from the virus.
Between Jul 1, 2017 and Apr 24, 2018 the MOH has confirmed 1,218 cases of yellow fever and 364 deaths. During the same period in 2016-2017, 779 human cases and 262 deaths were registered, according to the MOH.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today expanded its warning to consumers to include all types of romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Ariz., growing area, based on new information from Alaska that sick people ate lettuce from whole heads of romaine.
Flu is dropping to off-season levels in most of the Northern Hemisphere, except Eastern Europe, according to the latest global flu update from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Outpatient visits for flulike illness fell below the US national baseline of 2.2% last week, the first time since late November, but nine new flu-related deaths in kids were reported, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its latest weekly update.
Only two states reported high levels of influenza-like illness (ILI) last week, according to the latest influenza surveillance data reported today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And only 11 states, down from the previous week's 16, recorded widespread influenza activity.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed two new cases of MERS-CoV, including a household contact in Riyadh.
On Apr 2, a 58-year-old Saudi man from Najran was diagnosed as having an asymptomatic MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) infection. He is in stable condition, and the source of his infection is listed as "primary," meaning it's unlikely he contracted the disease from another person.
The Central African Republic (CAR) declared an outbreak of monkeypox in Bambari district, according to the latest weekly World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office bulletin, dated Mar 30 but posted yesterday.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) released details of three new cases of MERS-CoV over the weekend, including two cases in Hofuf.
The findings "strongly suggest that parotitis can be added to the long list of syndromes caused by influenza."
