A new index that evaluates 60 global food companies on health, environmental, and social issues has found that more than three-quarters of those companies rank as "high risk" on antibiotic stewardship.
Vaccination is under way in two remote areas as officials get closer to testing as many as five treatments.
A report from the Kaiser Family Foundation says the US role in outbreak response is key but less prominent in the face of stronger international capacity.
Tests on two earlier reported suspected Nipah virus cases from India's Karnataka state were negative for the virus, as another, previously unaffected state—Telangana—identified two possible cases and sent samples for testing, according to the latest media reports from India.
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Authorities in a second Indian state are investigating two suspected Nipah virus infections, both of them in people who had traveled to Kerala state where they had contact with infected patients, Reuters reported today, citing a health official in Karnataka state.
More than $25 million is newly pledged for an outbreak that has grown to 51 total cases, 28 confirmed.
The death toll for a Nipah virus outbreak in India's Kerala state now stands at 10, after at least 12 more people have been diagnosed as having the deadly virus, according to a Reuters report today.
Reuters said an additional nine people are being treated for infections with supportive care. Nipah virus is most commonly spread by fruit bats, and presents with severe, flu-like symptoms.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced late last week the end of an investigation into a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium tied to dried coconut.
Four more illnesses have been reported, along with another death in a healthcare worker.
