Study: Cholera vaccine worked well during outbreak
Lisa Schnirring and Robert Roos | Staff Writers | CIDRAP NewsMay 29, 2014Study finds 87% vaccine effectiveness, as Haiti reports a 75% drop in cases over this time last year.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
Secondary US MERS case ruled out; Saudi count grows
Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsMay 28, 2014A man who was thought to have caught MERS from the first US patient was not infected after all.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
News Scan for May 28, 2014
WHA smallpox no-decisionFailed dengue therapyUltraviolet disinfectionShare Tweet Email Print & PDF
Ebola expands in Guinea, sickens more in Sierra Leone
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsMay 28, 2014Guinea reports 14 new cases and 5 new deaths, and Sierra Leone has 15 new cases and 1 new death.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
MERS reaches Iran; cases slowing in Saudi Arabia
Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsMay 27, 2014Iran reported its first 2 MERS cases, while Saudi Arabia has gone 2 days without any.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
H7N9 strikes two Shandong province family members
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsMay 27, 2014H7N9 has infected a father and son, as researchers report new clues about the virus.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
News Scan for May 27, 2014
Heartland virus in OklahomaMore Caribbean chikungunyaHepatitis B screeningWHA on drug resistanceShare Tweet Email Print & PDF
Food Outbreak Scan for May 27, 2014
50 new Salmonella casesFSMA comment period extendedUK Salmonella recapShare Tweet Email Print & PDF
Ebola resurges with cases in Guinea, Sierra Leone
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsMay 27, 2014Guinea has had 8 recent Ebola cases, 3 fatal, and Sierra Leone reports 5 cases and 4 deaths.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
News Scan for May 23, 2014
63,000 Caribbean chikungunya casesFurther declining fluH7N9 case in ChinaShare Tweet Email Print & PDF
Saudi Arabia, UAE report 6 MERS cases
Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsMay 23, 2014In addition to the 6 new cases, the FAO calls for an urgent increase in research on MERS-CoV in animals.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
Experts call for alternatives to ‘gain-of-function’ flu studies
Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsMay 22, 2014The debate over experiments that increase avian flu virus transmissibility heats up.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
Saudi Arabia reports 7 more MERS cases, 1 fatal
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsMay 22, 2014With the 2 new cases, details emerged that Filipinos are among the recent MERS deaths.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
News Scan for May 22, 2014
H7N9 cases in ChinaH5N1 death in IndonesiaValley fever in Washington stateWHA hepatitis resolutionShare Tweet Email Print & PDF
Food Outbreak Scan for May 22, 2014
Sprout-linked E coli outbreakGround beef E coli recallOutbreak data via online reviewsShare Tweet Email Print & PDF