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Guinea’s Ebola outbreak leads to testing in Liberia

Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsMar 25, 2014Ill patients in Liberia and Sierra Leone cause concern in what WHO calls ‘rapidly evolving’ Ebola outbreak.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF

News Scan for Mar 25, 2014

Two MERS cases in UAEPolio confirmed in IraqCruise-ship measles updateShare Tweet Email Print & PDF

Flu Scan for Mar 25, 2014

H7N9 in ChinaWHO flu updateShare Tweet Email Print & PDF

News Scan for Mar 07, 2014

C difficile in kidsGBS and Zika virusShare Tweet Email Print & PDF

Canadian study: Vaccine cut risk of flu-related hospitalization 59%

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsMar 07, 2014This year’s vaccine provided “moderate but clinically and statistically significant protection against serious influenza outcomes,” say the researchers.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF

Study suggests flu-vaccine rule for day-care kids helped

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsMar 06, 2014Connecticut children had lower rates of serious flu illness after shots were mandated in licensed centers.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF

Flu activity sinking overall but holding on in some areas

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsFeb 28, 2014Only 10 states, most in the Northeast, continue to see widespread cases in a flu season termed “moderate” by a flu expert addressing the CDC’s immunization advisory committee.Share Tweet Email Print &a…

Study: MERS-CoV was in Saudi camels 22 years ago

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsFeb 25, 2014Evidence that MERS-CoV circulated in Saudi Arabia’s camel population as long ago as 1992.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF

Study: MERS-CoV may have been in Saudi camels 22 years ago

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsFeb 25, 2014US and Saudi researchers report evidence that MERS-CoV or a closely related virus circulated in Saudi Arabia’s camel population as long ago as 1992.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF

New H7N9 cases in China include first in Jilin province

Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsFeb 21, 2014Three cases, one of them fatal, are from Guangdong province, a hotspot of disease activity in the outbreak’s second phase, and one is in far-northeastern Jilin province, representing an expansion …

Genomic study finds no ominous changes in MERS-CoV

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsFeb 19, 2014In studying the genes of 32 MERS-CoV viruses from cases in Saudi Arabia, researchers found little evidence that the virus is becoming better adapted to humans.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF

China reports one H7N9 case, FAO says human illnesses aren’t a threat to poultry

Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsFeb 19, 2014As human H7N9 cases slow to a trickle, concerns within poultry industry of human-to-bird transmission of the disease should be calmed by statement from international animal health organization.Sha…

Expert says chikungunya likely to keep spreading

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsFeb 18, 2014A CDC expert said today that chikungunya virus, which recently got a foothold in the Caribbean, seems likely to spread to other parts of the Americas.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF

Spanish study finds current flu vaccine gives limited protection

Robert Roos | News Editor | CIDRAP NewsFeb 14, 2014Spanish researchers estimate this season’s flu vaccine is only 24% effective so far, much lower than a Canadian estimate last week.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF

News Scan for Feb 14, 2014