News Scan for Aug 21, 2014
Controlling MRSAMarburg virus drug trialVaccine-linked polio in TexasA new animal model for MERSShare Tweet Email Print & PDF
Author: Lisa Schnirring
CDC probe of H5N1 cross-contamination reveals protocol lapses, reporting delays
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsAug 15, 2014In its report on flu sample cross-contamination today, the CDC detailed departures from best practices and details about reporting delays.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
West Africa Ebola outbreak tops 2,000 infections
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsAug 15, 2014The Ebola total in West Africa’s outbreak has pushed past 2,000, as the WHO tempered expectations and addressed food supply issues.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
News Scan for Aug 15, 2014
Chikungunya vaccineRespiratory ills in unaccompanied minorsMeningococcal B vaccine reviewShare Tweet Email Print & PDF
Foodborne Disease Scan for Aug 15, 2014
Salmonella in BritainSocial media and foodborne diseaseShare Tweet Email Print & PDF
Experimental Ebola drug may have helped 2 US patients
Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsAug 05, 2014The second American infected with Ebola returned home today, as new information emerged about experimental treatment use and more possible cases in the US and abroad.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
Officials investigate 125 Cyclospora cases in 13 states
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsJul 23, 2014Past Cyclospora outbreaks involved imported produce, but so far no common source has been found.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
Texas officials probe spike in Cyclospora cases
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsJul 22, 2014Texas health officials have received 61 illness reports over the past month and are looking for a common source.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
West Africa Ebola outbreak total tops 1,000
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsJul 21, 2014Sierra Leone’s new cases nudged its total ahead of Guinea’s, and Liberia also added to its illnesses and death total.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
News Scan for Jul 15, 2014
Late-season H7N9 in bird marketsHospice antibiotic prescribingShare Tweet Email Print & PDF
African ministers agree on Ebola plan; cases swell to 779
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsJul 03, 2014Health ministers from 11 African nations and partners adopt a basic strategy to battle the disease.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
Haiti, Dominican Republic cases push chikungunya total past 260,000
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsJun 30, 2014Cases rose sharply last week, led by thousands more from the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and the US has reported 74 imported cases, PAHO says.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
FDA OKs Novartis’s US cell-based flu vaccine facility
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsJun 16, 2014The agency has approved a plant in Holly Springs, N.C.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
News Scan for Jun 11, 2014
Heartland virus death detailedPEDV in ColombiaShare Tweet Email Print & PDF
Flu Scan for Jun 11, 2014
Testing a 1918-like flu virusOcular influenza infectionsGBS claim settlementShare Tweet Email Print & PDF