A new report from the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Eastern Mediterranean regional office shows four more MERS- CoV cases reported by Saudi Arabia in June, one of them fatal.
The WHO said none of the four cases of appears to be in a cluster. In late May, Saudi officials identified clusters of cases in Najran and Jeddah linked to household outbreaks.
Exposure in household settings can occur through close unprotected contact when caring for a family member infected with MERS-CoV.
Health officials reported a total of 12 MERS-CoV cases in May, according to an overview published today by the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Eastern Mediterranean office. Eleven cases are from Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates recorded one.
The first patient got sick after exposure to camels and their milk, and six others contracted the virus in the household setting.
Health officials from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recorded the country's first MERS-CoV case of 2018 in a camel farmer, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported yesterday.
A 78-year-old man from Ghayathi was diagnosed as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) on May 13 after presenting with symptoms of the virus at an Abu Dhabi hospital. He is in stable condition.
US flu levels fell sharply again last week with the approach of summer, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recorded three more pediatric flu deaths, according to the latest weekly update posted today.
Flu was reported as widespread in only two states: Massachusetts and New York.
The federal government needs to develop better vaccine production capacity, support strong global security, and bolster nationwide public health to be better prepared for the next pandemic, a high-level tabletop exercise yesterday sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security found.
There was no sign of active MERS-CoV circulation in recent years.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) recorded a new case of MERS-CoV yesterday in Sakakah, a city in the northwestern corner of the country.
In a speech at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society on Apr 27, philanthropist and Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates announced the launch of a $12 million Grand Challenge to speed the development of a universal flu vaccine.
