Here is a look at some interesting infectious disease and health news, opinion and research reported across the globe:

Image/Faigl.ladislav
Image/Faigl.ladislav

CDC: flu activity hits highest level this season

The percentage of people visiting the doctor for influenza-like illness (ILI) last week jumped from 3.8% to 4.3%, the highest of the 2018-2019 flu season, according to today’s weekly FluView update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Saudi MOH Announces 7 More MERS Cases In Wadi Aldwasir

The Saudi MOH announced 7 more secondary, hospital-acquired MERS cases in Wadi Aldwasir, bringing the number of cases reported since Sunday (Epi Week 6) to 24.

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Tuberculosis survivors challenge Johnson & Johnson patent application in India

Two tuberculosis survivors filed a patent challenge in India on Thursday to try to block Johnson & Johnson (J&J) from extending its monopoly on bedaquiline, a critical medicine in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB).

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A new protocol for Hepatitis A vaccination to prevent a vaccine-resistant virus

Researchers of the University of Barcelona (UB) have analysed, with massive sequencing techniques for the first time, the evolution of the Hepatitis A virus with samples from patients. The results, published in the journal EBioMedicine, show the presence of variants of the virus that could escape the effects of the vaccine.

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