With 18 more infections recorded in the last week, the United States has seen 1,095 measles cases in 2019—the most cases in the United States since 1992 and since measles was declared eliminated in 2000.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today confirmed 227 new cases of Salmonella infection tied to backyard poultry such as chicks and ducklings, swelling the outbreak to 279 cases in 41 states.
The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday announced 10 more cases of Salmonella Typhimurium illness linked to pet hedgehogs, and 6 more states are affected. The new cases raise the outbreak total to 27 cases in 17 states.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday provided new details in the investigation into a Salmonella Concord outbreak linked to imported tahini. No new illnesses have been reported, and the total stands at four infected people in three states. One patient has been hospitalized. The latest illness onset was Mar 23.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday closed its investigation into a multistate Salmonella outbreak tied to frozen tuna after confirming two new cases.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said yesterday that it, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state health partners are investigating a multistate Salmonella Concord outbreak linked to imported tahini.
The outbreak comes less than 3 months since the CDC wrapped up an investigation into a different Salmonella Concord outbreak linked to tahini.
Researchers from Cornell University have discovered another variant of the mobile colistin-resistance gene MCR, according to a study yesterday in mBio.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today posted a final investigation update for a Salmonella Reading outbreak that it first announced in July 2018, which reflects 79 new cases since its last report in February, lifting total cases to 358 in 42 states.
One of the notable developments for 2018 was a spike in Cyclospora cases, likely the result of multiple factors, the CDC said.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday that 24 more people have been sickened in a multistate Salmonella Carrau outbreak linked to precut melon, raising the total to 117.
One more state—Iowa—has reported a related illness, lifting the number of affected states to 10.
