Leishmaniasis, a growing parasitic disease that causes an estimated 1.6 million new cases and 40,000 deaths each year across nearly 100 countries, is largely ignored by the international community, states a 22-page report titled Leishmaniasis Gap Analysis Report and Action Plan, released today by CORDS (Connecting Organisations for Regional Disease), one of the disease surveillance networks involved in the st
The administration's request covers both domestic and international actions, with CDC's EOC at a level to speed up and coordinate the response.
The WHO will be fast-tracking some Zika R&D projects.
Seven outbreak countries are seeing a rise in microcephaly or Guillain-Barre disease.
Also, Dallas officials issue a follow-up on a recent sexual transmission case, groups announce new research pushes, and Florida declares a public health emergency.
Also today, the CDC added Jamaica and Tonga to its travel advisory, and an Indian company announced two vaccine candidates.
The case also appears to be the first locally acquired Zika infection in the continental US in this outbreak.
Sanofi and NewLink announce efforts to develop Zika vaccines that will springboard off existing technologies.
Today's emergency declaration was tailored to spur coordinated international study into the possible serious complications of the disease.
In other developments, a Zika gene sequencing study found parallels with chikungunya, and experts are gearing up for an Aedes aegypti summit in Brazil.
