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News Scan for Jan 26, 2018

Recent Saudi MERS cases widely distributed, some have camel and healthcare exposure

In a regular overview of recent MERS-CoV activity in Saudi Arabia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today that between Dec 9, 2017, and Jan 17 the country reported 20 more cases, 8 of them fatal. Also, it reported a death in a patient covered in one of the WHO's earlier updates.

  • Saudi MERS recap
  • Polio in Afghanistan
  • Nigeria Lassa fever outbreak
  • Netherlands H5N6 detections

News Scan for Jan 19, 2018

HHS government shutdown plan would hamper flu, food safety responses

With the threat of a US federal government shutdown at midnight today because of expiring temporary appropriations and no Congressional passage of a continuing resolution to fund the government, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a staffing contingency plan.

  • HHS government shutdown plan
  • Saudi MERS
  • Mutated flu virus for vaccine
  • Yellow fever in Brazil
  • Polio in Afghanistan

News Scan for Jan 18, 2018

Analysis: Reminders boost vaccination numbers

Reminding people when it's time to receive immunizations—through postcards, texts, and automated phone calls—can increase vaccination numbers, a team of Cochrane researchers reported today, based on an extensive review of 75 studies from 10 countries. Their findings appear in the Cochrane Library.

  • Vaccine reminder benefits
  • More H5N6 in the UK
  • Polio workers killed

News Scan for Jan 12, 2018

H7N9 death reported in northwestern China

China has reported its second human H7N9 avian influenza infection of the season, in a 72-year-old man from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region who died from his illness, Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) said in a statement today, based on information from the mainland.

  • H7N9 death in China
  • Fluarix Quad for babies
  • Avian flu outbreaks
  • Vaccine-linked polio in DRC

News Scan for Jan 05, 2018

FDA announces it won't enforce certain FSMA rules

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday announced that, for now, it won't enforce four rules related to the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), a law passed in 2011 that signaled the biggest overhaul in the nation's food safety laws in 70 years.

  • FSMA rule pare-back
  • Possible Dengvaxia deaths
  • Microcephaly before Zika
  • Polio in Afghanistan
  • IV saline shortage

News Scan for Dec 29, 2017

UAE reports MERS in Omani camel worker

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Dec 11 reported another MERS-CoV infection, in a man from Oman whose asymptomatic case was found during screening when he was transporting camels, some of them infected, into the UAE, according to a Dec 22 update from the World Health Organization (WHO).

  • UAE screening finds MERS case
  • Polio in Pakistan and DRC
  • More avian flu outbreaks in 5 countries

News Scan for Dec 22, 2017

WHO advisors to conduct full review of Dengvaxia data

Today the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its Q and A document that covers developments surrounding Dengvaxia, Sanofi's dengue vaccine. It says its Strategic Advisory Groups of Experts (SAGE) will undertake a full rigorous view of new data to update its position paper on the vaccine, which won't likely be available until after April 2018.

  • Dengvaxia review planned
  • Saudi Arabia MERS
  • Drug-resistant priority pathogens
  • Polio in Afghanistan, Pakistan
  • Monkeypox effect on men

News Scan for Dec 15, 2017

Canadian E coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce sickens 30, 1 fatally

An Escherichia coli outbreak in Canada linked to romaine lettuce now involves five provinces, with 30 cases reported so far, 1 of them fatal, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said yesterday in an update.

  • E coli lettuce outbreak
  • Netherlands detects H5N6
  • H7N9 and market closures
  • Yellow fever in Brazil, Peru
  • Polio in Pakistan, Syria

News Scan for Dec 01, 2017

Flu expert says H7N9 viruses are rare 2nd warning of public health threat

The world rarely receives advance notice of a significant public health threat, but the detection of the highly pathogenic form of H7N9 avian influenza in China serves as a second warning, an expert from the World Health Organization's collaborating center in Australia said today in a Cell Research commentary.

  • H7N9 warnings
  • Polio in Afghanistan
  • Meningitis outbreak

News Scan for Nov 27, 2017

Saudi Arabia reports 2 new MERS cases

The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new cases of MERS-CoV over the past week, according to its daily updates on the disease.

  • Saudi MERS cases
  • Peds Tamiflu review
  • Polio in Syria
  • Brazilian yellow fever
  • Lyme diagnosis

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