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In a related development, details surfaced about another recent fatal case in a young child.
Recent mosquito-borne illness patterns in Europe reflect the growing geographic spread and public health impact of the diseases.
Maternal vaccination reduced the risk of influenza by 51% for infants up to 2 months old.
Declines were seen in the domains of executive function and memory, while language was unaffected.
The patients had contact with sick poultry, a feature of most H5N1 infections in Cambodia.
For the 2024-25 school year, only 87% of Kentucky kindergartners were fully vaccinated against measles.
Amid promising signs, officials urged caution, noting that the outbreaks vary by clade, response measures, and social behaviors.
The company said an mRNA flu vaccine has the potential to more closely match circulating strains.
Experts warn that the federal vaccine advisory group's decision to revisit childhood immunizations and its controversial vote on thimerosal will undermine confidence in vaccines.
The announcement comes a week after New Mexico officials reported measles in a wastewater sample collected in the area, hinting of an undiagnosed infection.
The percentage of US adults reporting high confidence in the CDC fell from 82% in February 2020 to 56% in June 2022.
As global proportions rapidly grow, an initial assessment suggests a low public health risk.
Without more data from China and further intelligence reports from governments, both zoonotic and lab-leak origin hypotheses remain on the table.
Leaders also committed $4.5 billion in additional financing.
Also, the group recommends Merck's RSV preventive for babies and weighs in on the upcoming season's flu vaccines.
Overall vaccine effectiveness was 29% against COVID-19–associated hospitalization.
A new study finds bacteria harboring resistance to ionophores, a class of antibiotics widely used in poultry, also carry resistance genes for medically important antibiotics.
Washington state has now recorded 10 measles cases in 2025.
Clinical trials of Jynneos have begun or will begin soon in infants and children 2 years old and younger, and in pregnant or breastfeeding women.
The new findings bring Maryland's total of confirmed CWD cases to 285 since the fatal prion disease was first confirmed in the state in 2011.
