Yellow Fever

California now has 40 avian flu outbreaks in dairy herds, and the US total has reached 238.

Pakistan also reported several WPV detections in environmental samples from five locations.

One of the countries is Cameroon, which has reported cases in Douala, its biggest city.

The vaccine campaign targets 610,000 people in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state.

The latest suspected cases stem from exposures at a daycare provider.

The case-fatality rate among confirmed cases was high, at 11% and 12% for 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Those with, without HIV have similar monkeypox outcomes, study finds

A new study from Germany shows no major differences in the clinical picture in those with or without HIV who contract monkeypox. The study, in HIV Medicine, was based on 546 monkeypox cases in Germany, which has one of the highest monkeypox case counts in Europe. The study is published in HIV Medicine.

Project will analyze hospital wastewater for antibiotics, resistant bacteria

The Partnership for European Environmental Research (PEER) yesterday reported the launch of a new project that will use hospital wastewater to assess how antimicrobial stewardship programs are affecting levels of antibiotics and resistant bacteria released into the environment.

USDA to study antimicrobial use, resistance on swine farms

The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced this week that it has begun an effort to study antimicrobial use and resistance on commercial swine farms in the Midwest.

DRC confirms second Ebola case, per media report

A second Ebola case has been confirmed in the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a city health official from the city of Beni told Reuters.