Health officials are releasing 77,000 more doses, with supply stretched by higher-than-expected demand for the new tool for protecting newborns.
Bangladesh eliminated visceral leishmaniasis, Maldives interrupted leprosy transmission, and South Korea eliminated rubella.
A total of 28 experts are on the commission, from fields ranging from epidemiology, veterinary medicine, and food systems management.
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.
Today's action keeps a high-level spotlight on preparedness as work continues on a Pandemic Accord.
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.
