The Santa Teresa livestock crossing in New Mexico reopened yesterday, 18 months after closing to contain the import of New World screwworm from Mexican cattle.
African officials say the data don’t confirm that the Ebola outbreak has peaked, as cases near 7,500 and deaths top 3,600.
No new cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported since mid-August.
The CDC says an infant botulism outbreak tied to powdered formula has ended.
Opposition to President Trump’s recent executive order downplaying childhood vaccines continues to mount.
There are now 45 detections of New World screwworm (NWS) in the United States, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
Sri Lanka has reported more than 80,000 cases of the mosquito-borne virus this year.
Sen. Mitch McConnell is one of up to 300,000 Americans living with post-polio syndrome, a set of symptoms that occur decades after the original infection.
Twenty-five cases have now been confirmed in the growing New World screwworm outbreak in Texas and New Mexico.
An economic analysis credits the WHO’s Expanded Programme on Immunization with saving 154 million lives and slashing infant deaths 40%.
