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The Ebola outbreak nears 700 confirmed cases, with 138 deaths.
Today we update you on the recent executive order on childhood vaccines (with a handy graph!), maternal vaccine guidelines, religious exemptions, and lots more.
Global deaths from infections that cause diarrhea and other intestinal illnesses fell from 3.7 million in 1990 to 1.3 million in 2023.
The authorization comes amid a growing outbreak in which one dog has been infected.
For well over a year, public health experts have been planning how to protect fans from infectious diseases such as flu, COVID, and measles (part 1 of 2).
Virtually all staffers (99%) say reductions in staff and lack of leadership have left the agency unprepared to respond to a pandemic or other public health emergency.
Study finds flu shots are also associated with lower risk of death among older adults.
Eight people in Florida have been sickened with the flesh-eating bacteria.
For the first time in a decade, the number of NIH-funded researchers and fellows dipped, with Black and Hispanic scientists receiving fewer grants and fellowships than their peers.
US Pharmacopeia also finds that discontinuations are at their highest level since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The guidance illustrates the growing chasm between the medical organization and the federal health agency.
In a new Lancet study, researchers estimate the outbreak could be more than double current numbers.
Alabama, which has long had some of the highest cervical cancer mortality rates in the country, is the first state to launch a program to eliminate the disease (part 3 of 3).
Infections have been identified in New York, Maryland, and Virginia, with a death in Maryland.
An analysis indicates that health and development programs in 29 countries could see a more than $4 billion drop in funding from the US government and the Global Fund by 2029.
Infections in US animals rise to 6 amid increasing concerns of further spread.
The percentage of US adults who said they can rely on CDC advice dropped to 50%—from 77% a year ago.
Sampling of homes with sewage backups found enterococci bacteria, including multidrug-resistant strains, in 46% of dwellings.
An economic analysis credits the WHO’s Expanded Programme on Immunization with saving 154 million lives and slashing infant deaths 40%.
The human papillomavirus (HPV) now causes more head and neck cancers than cervical cancers (part 2 of 3).
