News Scan for Oct 10, 2014
Marburg confirmed in UgandaNovel poxvirus in US$50 million for HaitiShare Tweet Email Print & PDF
Author: Jim Wappes
Some US regions seeing spotty flu vaccine delays
Jim Wappes | Editorial Director | CIDRAP NewsOct 10, 2014As the season’s first flu deaths occur, some manufacturers have had delays in flu vaccine shipment.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
EV-D68 cases show signs of slowing
Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsOct 09, 2014The growth in the number of US EV-D68 cases showed a possible sign of slowing today, with just 14 more confirmed.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
Feds unveil Ebola screening steps; Texas patient dies
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsOct 08, 2014As West Africa cases top 8,000, the patient in Texas dies and the CDC announces airport screening steps.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
News Scan for Oct 08, 2014
EV-D68-related deaths reach 5Avian flu vaccine studiesPolio workers killed in PakistanShare Tweet Email Print & PDF
Ebola Scan for Oct 08, 2014
Economic cost of EbolaFAO addresses Ebola food insecurityShare Tweet Email Print & PDF
Spanish health worker contracts Ebola at Madrid hospital
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsOct 06, 2014The case could mark the first local transmission of Ebola outside of West Africa.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
News Scan for Oct 06, 2014
New Saudi MERS casesChikungunya numbers riseMarburg in UgandaPakistan polio cases top 200Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
WHO, CDC dissect Ebola transmission risk
Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsOct 06, 2014The WHO enphasizes that the virus is known to spread only through contact with bodily fluids, and the CDC probes environmental persistance.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
EV-D68 blamed in NJ death as case count rises
Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsOct 06, 2014The recent death of a 4-year-old is the nation’s first directly caused by EV-D68 as cases jump to 594.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
Texas contact tracing identifies 50 for Ebola fever monitoring
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsOct 03, 2014Of the 50 people identified for 21-day fever monitoring, only 10 had high-risk exposure.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
Role of EV-D68 in polio-like illnesses still unclear
Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsOct 03, 2014As officials announce 24 new EV-D68 cases, they say they can’t confirm a link to cases involving polio-like symptoms.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
News Scan for Oct 02, 2014
More US chikungunya casesAntimicrobials in animalsTyphoid fever control gapsShare Tweet Email Print & PDF
WHO: Saudi MERS patient in Austria was sick during travel
Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsOct 02, 2014Two of the woman’s close contacts have respiratory symptoms and are being tested for MERS-CoV.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
Texas issues Ebola home isolation court order
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsOct 02, 2014So far no other infections have been found in connection with the first US-detected Ebola case.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF