Yesterday three of the nation's biggest health organizations—the American Lung Association, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Heart Association—recommended that Americans living with chronic health conditions get this year's seasonal influenza vaccine.
In its latest weekly update, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) said today that Pakistan recorded three new cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) this week, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Central African Republic recorded new cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2).
Only 54% of pregnant women get the flu vaccine, and 55% receive Tdap.
The World Health Organization said yesterday that ongoing transmission of wild poliovirus in Pakistan and Afghanistan, as well as a rash of new vaccine-derived cases in Africa and Asia, means polio is still a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).
Today the World Health Organization (WHO) dashboard shows 3 new Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which raise the outbreak total to 3,194 cases, including 2,133 deaths. A total of 346 suspected cases are still under investigation.
Also today the DRC’s multisector Ebola committee (CMRE) said three cases yesterday originated in Kalunguta, Mambasa, and Mandima—all current virus hot spots.
A WHO advisory group chooses new H3N2 and influenza B/Victoria strains.
The steady trickle of new Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continued today, with the World Health Organization (WHO) dashboard showing three new cases and three new fatalities.
The outbreak total now stands at 3,178 cases, with 2,122 deaths, and 520 suspected cases under investigation.
A task force will identify priorities and monitor progress, and HHS will coordinate efforts.
Ebola transmission intensity increased slightly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) outbreak region last week, with 57 new confirmed cases amid minor security flare-ups and major violence in Mandima health zone that suspended response operations, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in its weekly snapshot of the outbreak.
A study over three flu seasons found no association between flu vaccination and miscarriage, according to findings published yesterday in Vaccine.
