Washington's Clark County officials have confirmed 7 more measles cases, bringing the outbreak total to 41, plus 15 suspected infections, according to the latest update from the county's public health department.
Two Middle East countries reported new MERS-CoV cases today, including four in Oman and one in Saudi Arabia, according to separate health ministry announcements.
Today in Eurosurveillance, researchers published the first estimates of vaccine effectiveness (VE) for the 2018-19 seasonal flu vaccine administered in Canada, showing that overall VE was 68% in a season driven by influenza A(H1N1) viruses and 72% against the predominant strain.
The number of cases in New York and New Jersey measles clusters sparked by international travelers continues to grow, according to updates from county and state health departments.
An investigation into a cluster of listeriosis cases by federal health agencies prompted the recall yesterday of ready-to-eat Vietnamese-style pork patty rolls, according to a notice from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
Fifty-seven people have fallen ill with salmonellosis, while Listeria has caused 1 death.
In its weekly report, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced two advance notices of polio cases, one each in Afghanistan and Somalia.
The case in Afghanistan involves wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in Nad-e-Ali district, Helmand province. The patient suffered an onset of paralysis on Jun 1. The case raises the total number of WPV1cases in Afghanistan in 2018 to 9.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that Secretary Sonny Perdue has authorized the movement of a modified, noninfectious version of the foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus from the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, off the coast of New York, to the US mainland for vaccine development and research purposes.
Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 31 more cases of foodborne illness in a multistate Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. There are now84 ill people from 19 states (3 more states than the last update on Apr 18) identified in this outbreak.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed a new case of MERS-CoV yesterday.
Officials have diagnosed an 85-year-old Saudi man from Al Hawiyah as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). He is in stable condition, and the MOH said the patient had direct contact with camels, a known risk factor for MERS.
