The World Health Organization (WHO) warned today that efforts to reduce the global burden of tuberculosis (TB) need to move faster to meet international targets, and that detection and treatment gaps remain a significant roadblock in the fight against multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).
A Canadian passenger on the MV Hondius has tested positive for the Andes strain of hantavirus.
So far, no Americans have been sickened in this hantavirus outbreak.
Yesterday, 25 Democrat-led states and Washington, DC, sued the US Department of Education, saying that the loan limits will worsen the country’s healthcare worker shortage.
A 2023 outbreak of locally acquired cases infected 10 people across 4 states.
The college is assessing how research activities and educational programming will proceed during the 5-year quarantine.
This is the first detection of avian flu in polar bears in Europe.
Deaths from Staphylococcus aureus–associated lower respiratory tract infections tripled from 1990 to 2021 worldwide.
The US is inching closer to surpassing last year’s total in just the first half of 2026.
The Netherlands has reported one more hantavirus infection in a crew member who left the MV Hondius cruise ship in the Canary Islands.
The WHO says there are an estimated 220 deaths, with more than 930 suspected cases.
In a survey of healthcare professionals worldwide, 65% said antibiotics could be bought without a prescription in their countries.
Both newly confirmed case-patients are receiving care in Spain.
The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will decide tomorrow on the composition of next fall’s COVID vaccine.
The data suggest that better heart health likely prepares the body to respond to real-life stressors such as infectious diseases.
People are susceptible to the disease through contact with contaminated water or animal urine.
CDC scientists report the proportion of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales carrying the NDM gene rose from 5% in 2016 to 40% in 2023.
Total Nutrition, Inc., recalls 2 brands of moringa capsules, and the CDC confirms 22 new cases.
Fujifilm donated 1,400 tablets of favipiravir, the most likely candidate for compassionate use or clinical trials in the absence of approved drugs.
XFG is a hybrid of 2 Omicron subvariants and has mutations linked to immune escape.
Infants born to women who received a flu vaccination during pregnancy were 81% less likely to be hospitalized with influenza during the first 6 months of life, according to a study today in Pediatrics.
Qatar yesterday reported its second MERS-CoV case this year in a man with no travel history, according to translated information from Qatar's Ministry of Public Health posted on FluTrackers, an infectious disease message board.
Authorities have destroyed a flock of 39,000 turkeys on a farm in southwestern Missouri following the detection of a low-pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in the birds, according to a report that US officials filed with the World Organization for animal Health (OIE) on May 2.
In a study conducted in Sierra Leone, nearly half of household contacts of Ebola virus disease (EVD) survivors contracted the illness, with the risk strongly associated with the level of exposure, according to a report published yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
A study of Ebola virus disease survivors in Guinea has added to previous evidence that the virus can persist for as long as 9 months in the semen of survivors, reinforcing the concern about a risk of sexual transmission for months after recovery.
