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News Scan for Feb 28, 2019

Study presented to ACIP finds no link between flu shots and miscarriage

A larger follow-up on a 2017 study that found an association between repeated doses of flu vaccine containing the 2009 H1N1 strain and miscarriage in pregnant women ruled out the association, researchers reported to federal vaccine advisors yesterday.

  • No flu shot link to miscarriage
  • Saudi MERS case
  • Measles and vaccine exemptions
  • New malaria approach

New one-dose drug prevents malaria relapse, studies show

A total of 62.4% of patients taking tafenoquine were free of P vivax after 6 months.

Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News
Plasmodium in bloodstream

News Scan for Jan 16, 2019

Ebola infects 5 more in DRC outbreak, 663 total

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ebola outbreak grew by five cases today, with illnesses reported in four different location, according to the health ministry's daily update.

  • More DRC Ebola cases
  • CEPI rapid vaccine funding
  • Malaria mosquito in Ethiopia

News Scan for Dec 27, 2018

FDA approves Sanofi-Merck vaccine against 6 childhood diseases

Sanofi announced yesterday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Vaxelis, a combination vaccine targeting six diseases.

  • Hexavalent peds vaccine approval
  • Malaria in early pregnancy

News Scan for Dec 07, 2018

Nine more cases reported in romaine-linked E coli outbreak, 52 total

In new romaine-linked Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak developments, federal health officials yesterday reported nine more illnesses and said trace-back investigations are focusing on 12 growers.

  • More romaine E coli cases
  • Costco antibiotic policy
  • Polio in 3 countries
  • Imported malaria in UK

Malaria spike in Ebola zone prompts mass treatment efforts

The outbreak has reached 422 cases, and 74 suspected Ebola infections are under investigation.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
Malaria bed net demonstration

WHO reports malaria setbacks; groups launch response plan

Alongside the finding that progress has stalled in hard-hit countries, the WHO and partners launch a new response strategy.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
malaria bednet

Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Nov 15, 2018

Scottish officials report human antibiotic use down slightly

Health Protection Scotland (HPS) this week released its One Health antimicrobial resistance (AMR) report, which found decreases in antibiotic use overall and in primary care but increases in acute care, with AMR levels in animals remaining fairly steady.

  • Antibiotic use in Scotland
  • Drug-resistant malaria in India

News Scan for Sep 12, 2018

Nigeria, which has 113 confirmed monkeypox cases, aiding UK officials

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said today it is helping UK officials respond to their two recent monkeypox cases, which involve travelers from Nigeria, a country that has now reported 262 suspected cases.

  • Nigeria assist for UK monkeypox
  • Measles and public health cuts
  • Global Fund disease progress
  • Seqirus cell-based flu vaccine

News Scan for Sep 10, 2018

Saudi Arabia confirms new MERS case

As South Korea reported a new MERS-CoV case (see today's news story), the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH), in a new weekly epidemiological report today, noted one new MERS case in a 44-year-old man in Riyadh. The patient had camel contact, the MOH said, and he remains hospitalized.

  • Saudi MERS case
  • Accessible antimicrobial resistance data
  • New malaria drug trial