Review finds evidence that N95s block infectious particles better, but no significant advantage.
Experts offer approaches for moving the GOF conundrum forward that are not mutually exclusive, such as lifting the moratorium, seeking international consensus, and establishing a review board.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today confirmed two new MERS-CoV cases, both primary infections in men who had indirect contact with camels.
The first MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) case-patient is a 60-year-old Saudi man from the southern city of Najran. He is in stable condition and is not a healthcare worker, the MOH said.
The panel's concern was fueled by the threat of an airborne virus spread more easily than Ebola.
Canada can now be added to the growing list of countries that have detected MCR-1, the recently identified worrisome gene that disables the last-line antibiotic colistin, after it was detected in a patient and in ground beef sold in 2010, the Toronto Star reported today.
After being identified for the first time in China in November, the gene has now been confirmed in samples from at least 11 countries.
Nearly 200 new suspected cases of microcephaly potentially related to the spread of Zika virus were reported in Brazil over the past week, raising the total of suspected cases to 2,975, according to a translated bulletin from Brazil's Ministry of Health (MOH) posted yesterday by infectious disease blog Avian Flu Diary.
An avian-like H1N1 virus that showed pandemic potential turned up often in Chinese swine.
The percentage of clinic visits for flu rose to 2.2%, above the national baseline of 2.1%.
The NIH sees its biggest boost in 12 years, and other public health initiatives benefit, too.
In its annual report, TFAH said there are still major gaps and funding needed to battle new threats.
