The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) saw no let-up in Ebola cases over the weekend, reporting 39 new cases, which would boost the outbreak total to 2,763, according to updates from the World Health Organization (WHO) online Ebola dashboard.
Based on data reported for Aug 2, the DRC reported 17 more cases, and for Aug 3 the country reported 12 more infections.
Ebola infections have been reported in 10 more people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) outbreak, raising the total to 2,630, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) online dashboard today. Health officials are still investigating 344 suspected cases.
Results from the world's first phase 1 trial of a vaccine against MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) demonstrated a strong immune response after two doses and a good safety profile. The trial involved 75 US Army volunteers and was published yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today recorded 25 new measles cases in an outbreak that has affected 30 states. The total number of cases in 2019 is now 1,148.
"This is the greatest number of cases reported in the U.S. since 1992 and since measles was declared eliminated in 2000," the CDC said.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed two new cases of MERS today, in Riyadh and Buraydah. The cases were noted in an update to an epidemiologic week 29 report.
In another development, Saudi Arabia today reported one new illness, which involves a man from Riyadh.
As many as 1,465 cases and 293 to 520 deaths from MERS-CoV may have been averted.
Today the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) reported nine newly recorded polio cases in several countries, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Angola.
Seven of the new cases are wild poliovirus type 1 cases, recorded in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the virus is still endemic.
A system recently launched by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to monitor health-related workplace absenteeism during influenza seasons has yielded more evidence that the 2017-18 flu season was unusually severe, the CDC reported today.
The number of Cryptosporidium outbreaks, which occur most commonly in the summer, has risen about 13% each year from 2009 to 2017, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
