Scientists in China are reporting the emergence of a new strain of hypervirulent, carbapenem-resistant of Klebsiella pneumoniae.
The Trump administration plan to shift oversight of the nation's Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) and its $575 million budget from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is set to occur in October, but some observers worry that the plan could impede deployment when supplies are needed and that dec
The office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced that it will purchase $25.2 million worth of anthrax antitoxin from Elusys Therapeutics for the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS).
After several days without updates, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed three new cases of MERS-CoV today and one death. The MOH has issued only sporadic updates this month; this is the first update since Apr 9.
The US as a whole had a score of 7.1 out of 10 for 2017, nearly a 3% improvement.
A total of 76 people in 19 states have been sickened with Salmonella linked to pet turtles, according to a final investigation report today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That's 10 more cases in 1 more state compared with the CDC's previous update, which was in November.
A report yesterday from Brazil's Ministry of Health (MOH) said there are now 723 confirmed cases of yellow fever, including 237 deaths, in that country from Jul 1, 2017, to Feb 28 of this year. That number includes 259 new cases detected in February.
This season's flu vaccine was from 25% to 52% effective against influenza in Europe, according to interim results published today in Eurosurveillance, based on data from five surveillance systems from groups that looked at mid-season vaccine effectiveness (VE) across Europe.
After only a handful of reports released earlier this month, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed six new cases of MERS-CoV over the weekend.
Japan's health ministry has given fast-track approval to a new flu antiviral with a different mechanism of action than neuraminidase inhibitors that offers a one-dose treatment option, the Wall Street Journal reported today.