Plague

A consortium announces the launch of a $57 million project to test inhaled and nasal vaccines with a goal of stopping infection from SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses.

As small clusters continue, the CDC notes that only 1 in 4 eligible people have received both mpox vaccine doses.

Health officials urged residents to report the disappearance of prairie dog colonies and to avoid exposure to the animals.

A woman and her husband and daughter have all been infected, likely with bubonic plague.

An adult in Montezuma County, Colorado, has been infected with plague bacteria, likely on private property.

Monkeypox vaccine 79% effective, according to Israeli preprint study

According to a new non-peer reviewed study out of Israel, the Jynneos vaccine is 79% effective against monkeypox infection.

The study was based on patients eligible for monkeypox vaccine seen in the Clalit Health Services system between Jul 31 and Sep 12, 2022. Of 1,970 subjects eligible for the study, 873 (44%) were vaccinated with Jynneos and completed at least 25 days of follow-up.

H5 avian flu strikes third Indiana poultry farm

The Indiana Board of Animal Health (IBAH) said today that initial tests at a third turkey farm in the state are positive for H5 avian flu. The new detection marks the United States' fifth recent outbreak in poultry. Further testing is under way to assess if the virus is the same highly pathogenic H5N1 strain that struck the first Indiana farm.

FDA clears new rapid molecular test for antibiotic resistance genes

Diagnostics company OpGen announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market a new rapid molecular diagnostic tool that could aid in treating antibiotic-resistant or non-susceptible infections.

New antimicrobials added to WHO essential medicines list

New antimicrobials to treat severe bacterial and fungal infections were among the drugs that the World Health Organization (WHO) included in its new Essential Medicines list, which is updated annually and serves as its recommended list of medicines that every health system should have.