The CDC reported five more influenza-associated pediatric deaths, bringing the total for the 2024-25 flu season to 275.
The at-home FluMist option, the first of its kind, is available in 34 states for the upcoming flu season.
The vaccines are less likely to be tied to vaccine-associated paralytic polio and seeding of new circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses.
France has now reported 63 local chikungunya cases from 16 different administrative units.
Officials estimated that 228 fewer babies younger than 3 months older were hospitalized for serious RSV infection during the peak of the season, a number they hope will increase as more women are vaccinated.
The CDC said COVID-19 activity is rising in several parts of the country and test positivity and emergency department visits are up nationally.
Of 266 pediatric flu deaths, 90% were in kids who were eligible but not fully immunized, up from 82% during the previous season.
US COVID wastewater detections ticked up slightly, from very low to low, and are highest in the West.
Ethiopia has 4 new cases caused by circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2, while Benin reports 1.
The cholera outbreak in Sudan's Khartoum State has resulted in 16,000 cases and 239 deaths since May.
