More than 2.5 million people worldwide were infected with meningitis in 2023, according to a comprehensive global assessment.
Diphtheria poses a moderate risk to Africa, after 29,000 suspected cases with 1,420 deaths have been reported in 8 nations since January 2025.
The University of Kent meningitis outbreak has grown to 29 confirmed or probable infections, prompting authorities to offer the meningitis B vaccine to roughly 5,000 students.
A single federal detention facility in Hudspeth County, Texas, has 99 measles cases.
The strain of meningococcal bacteria in this outbreak has yet to be identified.
So far 5 hospital workers in Bengal state, India, have been infected with Nipah virus.
Roughly half of TB meningitis patients die or incur severe, permanent damage.
The category sounds reasonable, even collaborative. It is neither. And it will put children’s health and lives at risk.
Uptake of the Tdap and MenACWY vaccines increased among 13- to 17-year-olds in 2024, while HPV vaccine coverage remained unchanged for the third straight year.
Infections occurred among US residents who received epidural anesthesia for cosmetic surgeries in Matamoros, Mexico, in 2023.
