In an ongoing multistate Cyclospora outbreak, 96 more patients without a history of international travel who were sick on or after May 1 have been reported to the US Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), boosting the national total to 347, according to the agency's latest update.
Men who contract Zika virus have lower sperm counts for 1 to 2 months after infection.
Saudi Arabia today announced a MERS-CoV infection in a patient in Jeddah whose exposure to the virus is still under review. The case is the fourth recent one reported from Jeddah.
The latest case involves a 51-year-old male expatriate whose is hospitalized in critical condition. He is not a healthcare worker, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH).
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) announced a new case of MERS-CoV today, continuing a small but steady stream of cases in the weeks leading up to the Hajj pilgrimage.
The patients, hospitalized at a speciality center, had a variety of complications and some unusual features.
Also, the species might be resistant to cold temperatures.
Data on infants born to women suspected of having a Zika virus infection in Texas show higher-than-average rates of birth defects and suboptimal levels of testing, according to a report today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
New early-stage research out of the United Kingdom has identified a potential antibiotic candidate for treatment of drug-resistant gonorrhea.
Florida health officials yesterday reported the first sexually transmitted case of Zika virus this year. There is still no evidence, however, of locally transmitted Zika virus by mosquitoes in the state.
Under extreme and precise circumstances, Zika virus was transmitted via saliva in macaques.