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.
Brazil has confirmed almost 1,000 human cases since July 2016, and cases in animals have doubled.
An investigation into an outbreak involving Salmonella Heidelberg infections linked to dairy cows is over, according to an announcement today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
China has reported the world's first known novel H7N4 avian flu infection in a human, according to a report today from Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP), which based its information on a notification from the mainland's National Health and Family Planning Commission.
Cases are now at 353, an increase of 140 cases from the previous week.
A new report from Brazil's Ministry of Health showed a steady rise in the number of yellow fever cases confirmed and suspected since an update posted last week. There are now 213 confirmed cases, 83 more than last week, and 1,080 suspected cases, an increase of 479 since the previous report.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today said an Escherichia coli outbreak tied to leafy greens appears to be over after 25 cases in 15 states and 1 death.
In 1 week, deaths from yellow fever rose from 20 to 53, and reported cases spiked from 470 to 601.
With the threat of a US federal government shutdown at midnight today because of expiring temporary appropriations and no Congressional passage of a continuing resolution to fund the government, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a staffing contingency plan.
Yellow fever vaccine will be used across some of Brazil's most populous regions in the coming months.