The CDC noted some hope in Afghanistan and Pakistan—but the disease reappeared in Cameroon.
The number of people infected by Salmonella linked to chicken products produced by Foster Farms at three facilities in California has grown to 389 in 23 states and Puerto Rico, up by 27 cases and 2 states in the past 3 weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an update yesterday.
The UN Security Council has been asked to jump-start vaccination efforts.
Three more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV-1) infections have been confirmed in Syria, pushing the number of cases to 13, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.
The outbreak has spurred plans to vaccinate 20 million children in seven countries.
As Syria begins large-scale vaccination efforts to combat polio, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe said in a statement today that the situation increases the risk of international spread of wild poliovirus, and aid groups called for a truce to help stem the disease.
At least 350,000 Pakistani children could not be given a polio vaccine because of opposition from militant groups during a national immunization campaign in September, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) officials told The News International, a Pakistani newspaper.
The WHO says 10 polio infections have been confirmed out of 22 suspected cases.
A rapid tuberculosis (TB) test that was endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) speeded the start of treatment but did not reduce TB-related illness in a field trial in four African countries, according to a study released yesterday in The Lancet.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed China's latest H7N9 influenza case, in a 67-year-old farmer from Zhejiang province, and said the man is in critical condition.
The WHO said the patient, whose case was reported by the media yesterday, had contact with poultry. He got sick on Oct 16, was admitted to local hospital 2 days later, and was transferred to another hospital on Oct 21 as his condition worsened.
