Fully 56% of hospitals reported changing patient care or delaying therapy because of drug shortages.
In its weekly flu update today, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the first pediatric flu deaths of the new season and noted that the nation's flu activity increased slightly last week but is still at low levels.
In one key category, under 7% of countries scored in the highest tier.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the launch of a new study to detect and better understand acute febrile illnesses (AFIs) in Belize, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic.
They say the world is not prepared for a pandemic.
Facebook yesterday announced the launch of new features to battle vaccine misinformation on Facebook and Instagram, a move that was applauded by the World Health Organization (WHO).
In the latest global polio developments, Pakistan reported five more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases, while two African nations—Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—reported more positive circulating vaccine-derived polio type 2 (cVDPV2) detections. The details appear today in the weekly update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
Six more Ebola cases were confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ebola outbreak, raising the overall total to 2,983, according to numbers reflected today on the World Health Organization (WHO) online Ebola dashboard.
Health officials are still investigating 397 suspected infections. Four more people died from their infections, bringing the fatality count to 1,990.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and Public Health Vaccines (PHV), LLC, have announced a partnership agreement worth up to $43.6 million to support the development and manufacturing of a Nipah virus vaccine.
In a statement today CEPI said it will fund preclinical studies, clinical studies through phase 2, manufacturing, and an investigational stockpile of the vaccine candidate.
A study yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes the unique emergence of the pandemic multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli clone ST1193.
