Flu Scan for Nov 19, 2014
Flu vaccine and pregnancy
Home testing in UK’s Flusurvey
Author: Jim Wappes
WHO plans to speed development of Ebola rapid test
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsNov 18, 2014Quicker, simpler diagnostic tests could go a long way in helping slow the outbreak, the WHO said.Share Tweet LinkedIn Email Print & PDF
COMMENTARY: Ebola virus transmission via contact and aerosol — a new paradigm
Rachael M Jones, PhD, and Lisa M Brosseau, ScDNov 18, 2014The authors expand on a previous commentary by clarifying the possible role that aerosol transmission might play in Ebola transmission and offer new language for discussing disease transmission….
News Scan for Nov 17, 2014
Global polio developmentsCelery-linked E coli outbreakShare Tweet LinkedIn Email Print & PDF
Avian Flu Scan for Nov 17, 2014
H5N1 case, death in EgyptH7N9 cases in ChinaShare Tweet LinkedIn Email Print & PDF
H5N8 strikes birds in Netherlands, possibly England
Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsNov 17, 2014H5N8 avian flu, which hit Korea hard earlier this year, is raising alarm in Europe.Share Tweet LinkedIn Email Print & PDF
Sierra Leone doctor dies of Ebola at Nebraska hospital
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsNov 17, 2014It is the 2nd Ebola death on US soil; meanwhile, the country will start screening travelers from Mali.Share Tweet LinkedIn Email Print & PDF
WHO: Experts favor controlled trials for Ebola treatments
Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsNov 14, 2014Some object to the approach because it involves withholding drugs from controls.Share Tweet LinkedIn Email Print & PDF
News Scan for Nov 14, 2014
New Saudi MERS case
Legionnaires’ outbreak in Portugal
Global measles burden
Migrations in West Africa seen as challenge to stopping Ebola
Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsNov 14, 2014The high mobility of West Africa’s population worries some observers.Share Tweet LinkedIn Email Print & PDF
Liberia ends Ebola emergency; Mali cluster grows
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsNov 13, 2014The end of the state of emergency called in August signals a shift in the fight against the virus.Share Tweet LinkedIn Email Print & PDF
News Scan for Nov 13, 2014
Polio-like illness in kidsTwo Saudi MERS casesWPV3 eradicationTularemia in FranceUS eye infectionsShare Tweet LinkedIn Email Print & PDF
Senate committee probes proposed US Ebola funding
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsNov 12, 2014The White House’s $6.2 billion emergency Ebola funding request got its first hearing in Congress today.Share Tweet LinkedIn Email Print & PDF
WHO reports 3 more Ebola cases in Mali
Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP News
Nov 12, 2014
The WHO today reported a confirmed Ebola infection in a nurse, as well as two suspected cases — none related to Mali’s first case.
News Scan for Nov 12, 2014
2 new Saudi MERS casesTdap vaccine in pregnancyShare Tweet LinkedIn Email Print & PDF