Pandemic Influenza

Powassan virus infections are still rare, but are increasing.

The network, with its 13 participants, is geared toward improving outbreak response and giving leaders better information for decision making.

Montana's H1N2v case was reported in a patient who had attended an agricultural fair.

CEPI and the University of Oxford have committed $80 million to the development of a vaccine targeting "Disease X," or unknown pathogens with pandemic potential.

The odds of low birth weight rose about 50% in 1918 and 1919, and mothers exposed to pandemic flu during pregnancy were at double the risk for stillbirth.

Flu activity is on the downslope in the Southern Hemisphere, and globally influenza A is dominant with H3N2 and H1N1 proportions nearly equal among subtyped samples.

The report is part of the GAO's series on the accountability and effectiveness of the federal government's $4.7 trillion pandemic response.

Study: Early state lockdowns not tied to worse mental health

New research from the American Psychological Association (APA) shows that various state restrictions and lockdowns imposed during the first 6 months of the pandemic were not related to worsening mental health. The study is published in Health Psychology.

UK study shows long COVID more common in women, adults 50 to 60

Symptoms of long COVID are more frequently reported by women, those with poor overall health before the pandemic, and those aged 50 to 60, according to a new UK-based study in Nature Communications.

The study was based on results gathered from 6,907 people with self-reported COVID-19 from 10 population-based longitudinal health surveys in the United Kingdom that had been in place prior to the pandemic.