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News Scan for Jan 05, 2015

Fort Detrick mishaps risked exposing workers to dangerous microbes

Two laboratory accidents at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) within the past 16 months may have exposed nine workers to a bacterium and a virus regarded as potential bioweapons, according to a report yesterday in The Frederick (Md.) News-Post.

  • Fort Detrick lab mishaps
  • More Saudi MERS cases
  • Saudi health ministry change
  • Polio in Pakistan, Africa

News Scan for Dec 30, 2014

Chikungunya cases jump by 25,000; Colombia hit hard

Total suspected and confirmed cases of chikungunya in the Caribbean and the Americas increased by 25,639 over the past 10 days, with most of the new cases in Colombia, according to an update yesterday from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

  • Chikungunya in Colombia
  • Saudi MERS-CoV case

News Scan for Dec 29, 2014

Jordan, Saudi Arabia report MERS-CoV cases

Jordan and Saudi Arabia reported three new Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases over the past 5 days, according to media and government sources.

  • MERS-CoV in Jordan, Saudi Arabia
  • Caramel apple recalls

News Scan for Dec 24, 2014

Iowa scientist on probation for irregularities in MERS-CoV research

A University of Iowa scientist has been put on a year's probation for conducting research on MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) without the university's approval and in a lab lacking the required level of biosafety measures, the Des Moines Register reported yesterday.

  • Unauthorized MERS research
  • Listeria cases in Canada

News Scan for Dec 22, 2014

Chikungunya cases approach 1.1 million, with big increase in Guatemala

Total cases of chikungunya in the ongoing outbreak in the Caribbean and Americas now number 1,071,354, an increase of 36,428 from the previous week's total, according to a Dec 19 update from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

  • Chikungunya surge in Guatemala
  • New MERS case

News Scan for Dec 17, 2014

Sprout-related Salmonella outbreak grows to 111 cases in 12 states

The Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak related to mung bean sprouts has grown by 24 cases since the CDC's last report on Dec 4, bringing the total to 111 cases in 12 states, according to yesterday's CDC update.

  • More Salmonella from sprouts
  • Plasma pathogen removal
  • Avian flu in Washington
  • H5N1 death in Egypt
  • Saudi MERS cases

News Scan for Dec 16, 2014

Saudi Arabia reports 2 new MERS cases, 3 deaths

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new MERS-CoV cases today, bringing the country's total to 821 cases.

  • New Saudi MERS cases
  • West Nile virus in Brazil
  • Avian flu in seals
  • Iran: Coronavirus in camels

News Scan for Dec 11, 2014

No evidence of MERS-CoV infection found in horses

Researchers who tested more than 1,000 horses, donkeys, and mules in Spain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) say they found no evidence of past infection with MERS-CoV, although they were able to infect horse cells with the virus in a lab.

  • Testing horses for MERS-CoV
  • Plague through the years

News Scan for Dec 08, 2014

Saudi MERS cases, deaths, recoveries increase by 1 each

A 61-year-old man from the Najran province of Saudi Arabia has become the country's 819th MERS-CoV case-patient, according to an update today from Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH).

  • New Saudi MERS case
  • More chikungunya cases
  • H7N9 in China
  • Lower RSV death rate

News Scan for Dec 05, 2014

Saudi Arabia reports new MERS case, international investigation in Taif

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case today, bringing the country's total to 818 cases.

  • New Saudi MERS case
  • More Salmonella from sprouts
  • Listeria outbreak in cheese over

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