If confirmed, the case in Iowa would be the ninth imported case in the United States since 1959.
Imported cases are rare, and the United States has reported 8 in the past 55 years.
Climate change threatens to create more endemic regions in Africa.
The investigation revealed that 170 people—many of them in high-risk groups—may have been exposed to TB, a number expected to grow.
Having tools to identify outbreaks early is crucial for containing outbreaks for both dangerous pathogens.
Some arenaviruses cause hemorrhagic fevers, including Lassa virus--a priority pathogen for vaccine development.
The COVID-19 emergency committee will meet on May 4 to assess if the situation still warrants a public health emergency of international concern.
Nigeria is seeing a Lassa fever spike, Paraguay reports its first local measles case since 1998, and 5 nations have new polio cases.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) yesterday issued a warning about an ongoing outbreak of the multidrug-resistant yeast Candida auris in Italy.
The Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA) last week announced a new program to improve surveillance and prescribing of antimicrobials in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) .