With the current resurgence of measles two decades after it was eliminated, the United States is going backward with measles, leading US experts are warning.
US cases have climbed to 555 and at the current pace would eclipse 2014's total within weeks.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday reported three more MERS-CoV cases, including another case in Khafji in the northeastern part of the country. Officials also confirmed cases in Riyadh and Najran.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recorded 78 more measles cases in the last week, a sign that ongoing outbreaks in several states are growing.
The 2019 total number of cases has jumped to 465 in 19 states, as Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Nevada all reported their first cases of the year last week.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported another MERS-CoV case, marking the second recent case from Khafji in the country's northeast, according to its epidemiologic week 14 report.
Saudi Arabia today announced two new MERS-CoV cases today, another in Hofuf and one in Khafji, according to an update to the Ministry of Health's (MOH's) epidemiologic week 13 report.
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.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today said measles case counts have reached 314 cases in 15 states—46 more cases than the agency reported in a Mar 18 update. For comparison, the CDC reported 372 cases for all of 2018.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today said measles counts have now grown to 268 cases in 15 states—62 more cases than the agency reported in a Mar 4 update. For comparison, the CDC reported 372 cases for all of 2018.
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.