Adverse outcomes occurred in 94% of pregnancies during the first trimester.
The test the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses to identify clade I mpox cases is 'most likely not reliable' for detection of the substrain identified in the study, the authors say.
Another mpox study today showed that dose-sparing vaccine administration of the Jynneos vaccine appeared to have worked.
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Large family sizes and crowded living conditions may play a role in transmission.
The new Public Health Alerts initiative is designed to deliver information and early warnings about emerging health threats, enabling swift, informed responses across the US and globally.
Also, the WHO highlights more local transmission of clade 1b in multiple countries.
At eight months of follow-up, Jynneos recipients not vaccinated against smallpox had lower binding antibody concentrations than those with infection.
The clade 1 case is the nation's first in a person with no recent travel history and the seventh clade 1 case in the country.
Rift Valley fever cases are rising in both people and animals in Senegal and Mauritania.
Whooping cough cases in Florida have risen by 81% this year compared with 2024.
The immune response in children aged 2 to 11 years was non-inferior to that observed in adults, and 2.5-times greater in children aged 2 to 5.
Africa CDC also notes cholera surges in Chad, Burundi, and Angola, along with hopeful signs in the DR Congo's Ebola outbreak.
The vaccine campaign targeting almost 2 million people in Darfur region faces daunting access and transportation challenges amid ongoing conflict.
