Two strains of herpesvirus were twice as high in people with Alzheimer's disease.
In a major development today on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly under way in Geneva, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank Group announced the launch of a new mechanism to firm up global health security, an independent monitoring board to regularly assess country preparedness to handle outbreaks, pandemics, and other health emergencies.
Frequent tampon changing is not recommended to prevent toxic shock, a US expert says.
The United States Senate today confirmed Alex Azar, a pharmaceutical executive, to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to media reports.
Pregnant women who received the pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine in 2009 or 2010 were no more likely to have adverse birth outcomes than women who received the seasonal flu shot at the time, according to a study published yesterday in Vaccine.
Today the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new MERS-CoV cases in Dumah Al Jandal. At this time, it's not known if the new cases are related to a hospital outbreak in that city first reported at the beginning of August.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new case of MERS-CoV today in a man from Medina.
The 67-year-old expatriate is in stable condition after presenting with symptoms of MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). The man had indirect contact with camels. Indirect contact with camels, including drinking camel milk, is a known risk factor for the disease.
A Minneapolis-area measles outbreak that has been fueled by low vaccination rates in Somali-Americans grew by 3 cases today, to 44, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reported today.
Contaminants include Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter, and Enterococcus faecalis.
Health officials in Liberia have reported a second death in Monrovia linked to an unexplained illness cluster in people who attended the funeral of a religious leader in Greenville, located about 4 hours' drive south of the country's capital in Sinoe County, according to local media reports.
