International travel may play a critical role in the spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) sexually transmitted infections (STIs), according to a study published late last week in Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease.
The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) and the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) yesterday released new joint recommendations for judicious antibiotic use in cats and dogs.
Since March 2020, children's body mass index (BMI) has increased at almost double its prepandemic rate, according to a study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Guinea's ministry of health (MOH) has confirmed the country's first Marburg virus case, also marking the first in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said today in a statement.
In the latest in a small but steady stream of cases, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported one more MERS-CoV infection, which involves a 75-year-old man from Jeddah.
Women and girls account for 58% of patients.
Saudi Arabia's steady rise in MERS-CoV cases continued today, with one more illness reported that appears to be part of a hospital outbreak in Wadi ad-Dawasir, according to a Ministry of Health (MOH) update to its epidemiologic week 10 report.
Marburg virus, harbored by fruit bats, has over the years caused 12 known outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa.
A WHO official said Ebola spread could get worse before it gets better, due to health worker exposures early in the outbreak.
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.
