Modifying a small-molecule drug just a little could lead to new antiviral therapies for influenza. (ScienceDaily)
Yellow fever has expanded to some of the most popular tourist hot spots in Brazil, prompting new travel guidance from the CDC. MedPage Today has the details.
A multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to kratom continues, with the CDC reporting outbreak strains from three additional serotypes of Salmonella, and 47 more ill people in eight more states. This brings the total to 87 ill people with 27 hospitalizations in 35 states.
Two new clinical trials to test an experimental vaccine against H7N9 avian flu are currently underway. (NIH)
Involving infectious disease physician specialists in the care of certain patients with multi-drug resistant infections cut mortality rates in half. (Open Forum Infectious Diseases)
People who believe the false association between the MMR vaccine and autism may also avoid any potential Zika vaccine. (Journal of Public Health)
Widespread influenza activity in the U.S. dropped to 26 states in the latest CDC data, though pneumonia and influenza-associated deaths remained above the epidemic threshold for that week (8.5%). Nine more pediatric flu-associated deaths brought this flu season's total to 128 pediatric deaths.
Researchers in mBio reported how a naturally occurring protein in bacteria showed promise in the potential development of drugs to fight the hospital bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
As cases of human monkeypox continue to accumulate in West and Central Africa, the CDC and World Health Organization are developing updated guidance, surveillance, and outbreak response. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Calling the listeriosis outbreak in South Africa "a wake up call for countries in the region to strengthen their national food safety and disease surveillance systems," the WHO is supporting 16 other African nations in preparing for potential spreading of this outbreak.
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