Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2015. When U.S. adults are hospitalized with pneumonia, viruses are more often to blame than bacteria. However, despite current diagnostic tests, neither viruses nor bacteria are detected in the majority of these patients according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[Read More…]
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Thailand Confirms First MERS Case as Outbreak Spreads – UN Health Agency
WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier. Photo: UN Webcast video capture GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–19 June 2015 – Thailand has confirmed its first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, in a male traveller from Oman, and the World Health Organization (WHO) today is urging countries in Southeast Asia to step up vigilance and[Read More…]
New CDC Study Highlights Burden of Pneumonia Hospitalizations on U.S. Children
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Children younger than 5 years of age accounted for 70 percent of pneumonia hospitalizations among children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in a study published yesterday. Pneumonia remains a leading cause of hospitalization among children in the United States. The two-and-a-half-year study published[Read More…]
MERS-CoV Not Spread to Household Members or Health Care Contacts of the Two U.S. Cases
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has now confirmed that neither of the two imported cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in the United States spread the virus to any of their household members or to the health care workers who treated the[Read More…]
State Public Health Director Statement on Illinois Resident Not Infected with MERS-CoV
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2014. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that after conducting more definitive laboratory tests, it found the Illinois resident was not infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) while having a business meeting with the man later hospitalized in Indiana with MERS-CoV. Illinois[Read More…]
Illinois Department of Public Health Reports Negative Results for MERS-CoV
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2014. Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck today announced the Illinois resident who previously tested positive for Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) antibodies in his blood, has again tested negative for the ability to spread the virus. “The second round of test results[Read More…]
Illinois Department of Public Health Director Reassures Illinoisans of Vigilance for MERS-CoV
No spread of MERS-CoV from first U.S. case, but second U.S. case identified CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2014. Although there is no transmission of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) related to the first U.S. case who traveled from Saudi Arabia to Indiana on April 24, 2014, Illinois Department of Public Health[Read More…]
U.S. Safer When CDC Works with Other Countries to Fight Infectious Diseases
Projects in Asia and Africa offer model for greater health security in other nations Uganda epidemiologists collect virus samples from the field, to test for deadly Ebola virus. Photo: Justin Williams/CDC Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2014. According to an article in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) released today by[Read More…]
