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NewsAPIC and SHEA Statement on reported erosion of CDC capacity
Reports that the CDC has lost nearly a third of its workforce, including experienced scientists in its emerging infectious disease and respiratory disease centers, means guidance is slower to arrive, technical assistance is harder to reach, and scientific expertise is thinner at a time when most needed, experts warn.
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NewsAbout 1 in 3 Americans say RFK Jr. recommends measles vaccination
The number of measles cases in the United States is at the highest level in decades, attributed to a decrease in vaccination against measles. The public remains evenly divided on whether or not U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recommends the MMR vaccine.
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NewsWHO reports latest global trends in cholera, meningitis and plague
Cholera deaths increased by 30% in 2025, despite fewer cases being reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). In 2025, 47 countries reported 451 499 cholera cases and 7870 deaths to WHO, the highest number of annual cholera deaths reported to WHO since 1999.
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NewsStudy finds community-led dog vaccination could save children’s lives
A community-based approach to vaccinating dogs against rabies could help protect countless children in Africa and other areas from one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, according to a new study. The new approach also maintained more consistent vaccination coverage throughout the year.
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NewsMeasles is making a comeback: Study foresees an epidemic risk for Florida
As Florida considers dropping its measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine mandate for school attendance, a new study predicts that such a policy change could spark the largest measles epidemic in the United States in nearly 50 years.
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News€8 million Horizon Europe grant to launch next-generation initiative to detect, assess and respond to pandemics
Led by the University of Oxford in partnership with the WHO and an international consortium the three-year PANDAI project will develop and deploy advanced AI models to transform the detection, assessment, prediction and response to global disease threats.
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NewsNew sepsis guidelines seek to reduce infection’s deadly toll
Experts have developed important new guidelines to improve care for patients who develop sepsis, a dangerous full-body infection that kills at least 350,000 Americans every year.
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NewsUS officials suppressed warnings over flawed covid vaccine safety algorithm
US health officials knowingly relied on a compromised algorithm to detect signals of harm from mRNA covid-19 vaccines and silenced efforts to fix it, finds an investigation.
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NewsBacteria in airway shape air pollution health risk
A study suggests that the subtype of the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae, together with air pollution exposure impacts the rate and timing of invasive disease — with some strains linked to immediate infection after air pollution exposure, and some taking several weeks.
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NewsWidespread Covid death underreporting around the world raises broader questions about the reliability of official information
A new study finds that widespread underreporting of Covid-19 deaths cannot be explained simply by differences in countries’ ability to count and record deaths. Across 134 countries and territories, an estimated 45%–55% of governments misreported Covid mortality, with underreporting far more common than overreporting.
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NewsFewer infections, more azithromycin use seen among emergency c-section patients following publication of clinical trial results
Researchers investigated if azithromycin use and postpartum infection rates changed after publication of trial evidence in 2016 among US pregnant women who underwent an unscheduled cesarean delivery.
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NewsImmunization to prevent RSV in infants reduced ICU admissions by 97 per cent
A new immunization, offered free to all infants through universal programs in two Canadian provinces, provided strong protection against respiratory syncytial virus, commonly referred to as RSV, sharply reducing hospitalizations and intensive care unit (ICU) admissions in infants.
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NewsWhat low vaccination rates in the US could mean for flu season 2026
Experts reveal what to expect this flu season, when to get the flu shot, how to recognize flu symptoms, how to treat it, and what the newly approved mRNA flu vaccine means for the public.
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NewsFaster diagnostics, deeper insights: Researchers strengthen response to Ebola outbreaks
Two studies provide important insights into the challenges of responding to outbreaks - one demonstrates how diagnostic tests can be evaluated rapidly during an outbreak; the other investigates the biological properties of the 2026 BDBV strain and whether an existing Ebola vaccine could offer cross-protection.
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NewsCurious by Nature: Professor Romain Glèlè Kakaï – Can we predict the next epidemic?
Professor Romain Glèlè Kakaï believes combining traditional mathematical models with artificial intelligence will improve the accuracy of epidemic forecasting and help public health leaders respond more quickly to future cholera and malaria outbreaks.
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NewsMeningitis, hangover or freshers’ flu? Don’t dismiss serious symptoms
Students heading into freshers’ week are being warned not to assume a headache, vomiting or feeling wiped out is simply the result of a heavy night or the dreaded “freshers’ flu”. 246,089 doses of the MenB vaccine were administered to young people in England between 20 July and 31 August.
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NewsGerontological Society of America supports new immunization guidance
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) supports the 2026-27 respiratory season vaccine evidence review released by the Vaccine Integrity Project (VIP) in collaboration with the American Medical Association.
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NewsAMI to lead workshop at the World One Health Congress this weekend
Applied Microbiology International (AMI) will be taking part in the 9th World One Health Congress, which will be held in Lisbon from 4-7 September, bringing together more than 1.200 participants, featuring almost 600 scientific posters and hosting over 80 sessions.
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NewsMould toxins in food are not destroyed during cooking or baking
A survey shows that only a small proportion of the population (29 per cent) is concerned about potential health risks posed by mould, whilst the majority (51 per cent) do not give it any thought at all.
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NewsA full-control strategy could cut simulated mpox infections by 97.8%, suggests mathematical model
Researchers have used mathematical modeling to explore how different interventions could work together to limit Mpox transmission. The model captures Mpox transmission dynamics across two interacting populations: humans and rodents.