Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new MERS-CoV cases, one recovery, and the deaths of two previously reported patients over the past several days.
Two Ebola case-patients, both children, and one fatality in Liberia have been linked to a fatal Ebola infection in Guinea's ongoing flare-up, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today, increasing the number of recent cases in Liberia to three.
A woman infected in Guinea's recent Ebola cluster died from her illness at a treatment center in Nzerekore, lifting the death total to eight, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported yesterday.
Ibrahima Sylla, spokesman for Guinea's Ebola response team, told AFP that the woman died on Apr 3 and that one more confirmed case-patient is still being treated at the center. The case total in the cluster remains at nine.
In what Director-General Margaret Chan, MD, MPH, of the World Health Organization (WHO) says is the most serious outbreak of yellow fever in Angola in 30 years, a serious global shortage of vaccine makes what is already a bad situation potentially catastrophic, sources are reporting. Dr. Chan recently visited Angola to observe the situation first-hand.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported a new, fatal MERS-CoV case in Buraydah, the first there this month after the city reported 34 MERS cases in March.
Long-term antibiotic therapy does not significantly improve quality of life in patients with persistent symptoms attributed to Lyme disease, according to a study today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported one new MERS-CoV case in the southeastern city of Jazan and also announced the death of a previously reported patient.
Saudi Arabian officials have reported three more MERS cases and one resulting death in the past 2 days, including a case in Buraydah, the site of a series of mostly healthcare-related cases this month.
The number of bloodstream infections caused by Elizabethkingia anophelis in Wisconsin rose by 5 this week, to 59, bringing the number of US cases to 60.
In a Mar 23 update, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (WDHS) reported 52 confirmed, 4 possible, and 3 "under investigation" cases. Last week's Elizabethkingia total in the state was 54 cases.
Also, the WHO details 4 cases, 2 in Buraydah and 1 involving drinking of raw camel milk.
