Vaccination

A measles outbreak in Texas has climbed to nearly 60 cases in 3 weeks, with most cases occurring among unvaccinated children, according to state health officials.

The FDA approved GSK’s pentavalent meningococcal vaccine to protect children and young adults aged 10 to 25 years against five meningococcal serogroups, the company announced.

The NIH announced that it is launching a phase 2 human challenge trial of AV-1, an investigational monoclonal antibody to ease dengue virus symptoms when given before and after infection.

The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the next HHS secretary.

CDC data show that seasonal influenza activity is significantly elevated across the United States, and that influenza activity is at its highest level in more than 15 years.

WHO and the Uganda Health Ministry have launched a first-ever vaccine trial for the species of Ebola at the center of an ongoing outbreak in Uganda’s capital city.

In 5 years, COVID-19 has impacted nearly every aspect of life. Although tens of thousands of cases continue to occur each week, the world’s top public health agencies have considered the pandemic phase of COVID-19 to be over for years.

In July of 2022, mpox was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, or PHEIC, by WHO during a surge in infections that led to more than 100,000 cases in 122 countries.

The CDC on Thursday published its famed Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for the first time since the Trump administration ordered the nation’s various health agencies to freeze public communications.