A randomized controlled trial of rapid diagnostics technology in two hospitals in Vietnam found no improvement in antimicrobial therapy compared with traditional microbiologic methods, according to a study in the Journal of Infection.
Health officials are investigating a pneumonic plague outbreak at the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) regional office for Africa said today in its weekly emergencies and outbreaks report.
Scott Gottlieb, MD, announced today that he will resign as commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the coming weeks to spend more time with his family.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH), in its epidemiologic week 7 update, today added another MERS-CoV case to its growing total, in a man from its most recent hardest-hit city, while the World Health Organization (WHO) provided details on Saudi cases confirmed in January.
Today the Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed two new cases of Ebola and three more deaths from the virus in the ongoing outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
Outbreak totals now stand at 800 cases, including 502 deaths, and 178 suspected cases are still under investigation.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today confirmed 9 new cases of the polio-like condition known as acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), boosting the 2018 numbers to 210. The agency also noted that 7 patients so far this year are under investigation for AFM.
Health officials are on high alert for potential spread to Goma, North Kivu province's capital and largest city.
Lassa fever activity in Nigeria is increasing again, following an unprecedented outbreak earlier this year for which the acute phase was declared over on May 10, the World Health Organization's (WHO's) African regional office reported today in its weekly update.
A genomic analysis indicates that Nigeria’s big Lassa fever outbreak this year has been driven by transmission from rats, not by human-to-human spread, easing worries about a possible Lassa superbug, according to a study described yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
A mumps outbreak centered in Anchorage, Alaska, has chugged along for more than a year and reached nearly 400 cases despite a series of vaccination recommendations that expanded to include the entire state, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today.