DRC and Uganda are set to mobilize almost 3 million vaccine doses.
Angola, the hardest-hit country, has 2,267 suspected cases and 292 deaths.
Yellow fever case totals in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continue to climb, with Namibia now reporting its first suspected case, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) situation report yesterday.
A report by CBS's 60 Minutes yesterday alleged that the US company Halyard Health for years sold surgical gowns that it knew were defective, putting healthcare workers at risk for bloodborne infections. In a press release today, the company strongly denied the allegations
Six measles cases have been confirmed in the Memphis, Tenn., area, according to news services and health officials, signaling what is apparently the largest US measles outbreak since more than 100 cases were linked to Disney theme parks in California early in 2015.
NewLink Genetics Corporation announced yesterday that it had received $21.6 million in federal funding to continue developing its vesicular stomatitis virus–Ebola virus (VSV-EBOV) vaccine candidate.
Global public health initiatives have cut malaria cases 37% and malaria deaths 60% since 2000 and led to other notable progress against the mosquito-borne disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in a new report and press release to commemorate World Malaria Day.
The yellow fever vaccination campaign in Angola will be extended from Luanda province, the center of the ongoing outbreak, to more than 2 million people in Huambo and Huila provinces over the next few weeks, according to a press release yesterday from the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) today released 27 antibiotic stewardship recommendations to improve patient outcomes, optimize resources, address the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, and more, according to the two groups.
At least some of the 151 Congo yellow fever cases are tied to a big outbreak in Angola.
