Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new MERS cases today, and a death in a previously reported patient. The new patients and the deceased were elderly Saudi men who were not healthcare workers.
Yellow fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been declared an epidemic in three provinces as officials report 1,000 suspected cases, Reuters reported today.
The group voted unanimously on policy regarding avian flu and other viruses.
In a small study, antibiotic treatment of cows nearly doubled emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from their manure, suggesting that worries about antimicrobial resistance may not be the only reason to use caution with antibiotics in farm animals, according to a report today in the Journal of the Royal Society B.
Only a few new yellow fever cases have been reported in Angola in the past week, but the mostly urban epidemic is still a big concern because of persistent transmission in seven provinces and expansion to new ones, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its weekly update today.
An undisclosed number of labs operated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been cited for serious biosecurity violations six times since 2003, and a CDC lab in Fort Collins, Colo., was suspended for lab safety breaches, the agency admitted for the first time to USA Today yesterday.
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company today announced a $38 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, part of a partnership to develop a safe, effective, and affordable Sabin-strain inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) for developing countries.
The report showed some weak spots, including a persistent and varied gap in readiness among states.
Exceptional Ebola surveillance and swift responses to outbreaks will be the key to taking advantage of the availability of Ebola vaccines, say three experts who offered their thoughts on the future use of such vaccines in a new article from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Another fatal Ebola case has been reported in Guinea's recent Ebola cluster, involving a young girl who was hospitalized at an Ebola treatment center, Reuters reported on Mar 19, citing a spokesman for the country's Ebola coordination center.