Less than a week since the first human cases of H7N9 infection were announced by Chinese authorities, world animal health authorities already have information on possible animal sources and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working to… Read More ›
(Updated @ 1:55 pm CT) At least 11 human cases of H7N9 influenza have been confirmed in China, although to date there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission, according to the World Health Organization. The first known human cases of… Read More ›
A new coronavirus that causes potentially fatal respiratory illness apparently can spread from person to person, according to federal health officials. The first cases of human infection with the new coronavirus occurred last April near Amman, Jordan. Genetic testing has… Read More ›
By Preeti N. Malani, MD, MSJ A new type of influenza vaccine approved last week by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) offers the promise of faster production of flu vaccine. The approach used to make the recombinant vaccine,… Read More ›
Vaccinating young children to protect them from rotavirus also appears to give indirect protection to adults, say researchers whose findings appeared today in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Symptoms of rotavirus infection, the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis in infants and… Read More ›
This year’s early, widespread influenza outbreaks raised questions about the current vaccine’s effectiveness. Today the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided an answer. People who have been vaccinated are 62% less likely to become ill enough with… Read More ›
Scientists have discovered that a new coronavirus appears to be able to pass back and forth from animals to humans, which would make eliminating the virus difficult or impossible. Since June, the new coronavirus, called hCoV-EMC, has been linked to… Read More ›
Federal health officials have cautioned clinicians who use rapid tests to diagnose influenza that the approved tests vary considerably in their ability to detect flu in infected patients. A report in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) describes how… Read More ›
Stepped-up prevention efforts aimed at injection drug users in the northeastern United States and Puerto Rico could help curb disproportionately high rates of HIV infection among Hispanic or Latino populations, according to federal health officials. Nationally, new HIV diagnoses among… Read More ›
The once-promising belief that 2 retroviruses that cause leukemia in mice are potential causes of chronic fatigue syndrome in humans has been dismissed by findings from the most rigorous study to date on the link. In the study, published today… Read More ›
