The #CDC buried a #measles forecast that stressed the need for #vaccinations
Leaders at the Centers for #Disease Control and #Prevention ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near #outbreaks where #vaccination rates are lagging, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.
#vaccines
"Measles vaccination rates for young children may be far lower than publicly reported, a troubling development that could mean the United States is closer than expected to losing its 'elimination status' for the extremely contagious disease."
#NEJM #Outbreaks #Update — #H5N1, https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2502267?query=TOC&cid=DM2392650_Non_Subscriber&bid=-1425531110
In this NEJM Outbreaks Update, Editor-in-Chief Eric #Rubin and Deputy Editor Lindsey Baden are joined by veterinarian and #virologist Yoshihiro #Kawaoka to discuss avian influenza and its current impact on chickens, cows, cats, and humans.
See How #Measles #Outbreaks Flourish Where #Vaccination Rates Fall
Measles continues to spread in Texas and other states and has caused the first reported U.S. death from the virus in a decade. Vaccination data over time reveal vulnerabilities in protection
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-how-measles-outbreaks-flourish-where-vaccination-rates-fall/
History's 5 Most Lethal Pandemics and Disease Outbreaks #TrendingAfricaNews #disease #Historys #Lethal #Outbreaks #Pandemics
https://tinyurl.com/25hvq265
Real-time #epidemiological #surveillance #data: tracking the occurrences of avian #influenza #outbreaks around the world, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/03/real-time-epidemiological-surveillance.html
Making #America #Sick Again:
How #Trump’s Drastic #Layoffs at the Centers for #Disease Control cripple our Response to #Norovirus, #Measles #Outbreaks
https://www.juancole.com/2025/02/response-norovirus-outbreaks.html
#health #CDC
At the #CDC, 2 prestigious training programs were gutted: one that embeds recent #PublicHealth grads in local #health depts & another to cultivate the next generation of PhD lab scientists. But the agency’s #Epidemic #Intelligence Service—the “disease detectives” who track #outbreaks around the world—has apparently been spared, perhaps because of an uproar among alumni after a majority of its members were told on Fri that they would be let go.
7 Need-to-Know #Facts About #Norovirus
The super-#contagious #gastrointestinal #virus is causing #outbreaks across the #US.
Here’s how to protect yourself (and everyone around you).
Even Adults May Soon Be Vulnerable to ‘Childhood’ Diseases
#Outbreaks among the #unvaccinated are a predictable consequence of falling immunization rates. But even #vaccinated adults may be vulnerable to some illnesses.
There were more than 32,000 cases of #whoopingcough in #2024.
#Antivaccine campaigns often targeted the #MMR #vaccine, which protects against #measles, #mumps and #rubella. Experts tend to worry most about a resurgence of measles.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/health/vaccines-children-measles-pertussis.html
https://archive.ph/Kxmn5
We must address the many reasons #HIV & #AIDS persist in #Black #America.
The #issues are complex, but we know where the most common #outbreaks are occurring (and #why).
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Health #Healthcare #HIV #AIDS #AIDSPrevention #PrEP #BlackMastodon
#US #vaccinations fall again as more #parents refuse lifesaving shots for #kids
US becomes more vulnerable to #outbreaks as #vaccination ratesfall into 92 percent range. Only 0.2 percent of all #vaccinationexemptions are medically justified.
Coverage for #MMR fell to 92.7% in 2023–2024
#DTaP coverage fell to 92.3%
Vaccination rates vary by state, town, zip code, and community. In #Idaho, for example, vaccination rates for the four key vaccines hover around just 80%
https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/10/us-vaccinations-fall-again-as-more-parents-refuse-lifesaving-shots-for-kids/
Posts Sharing #Mpox #Misinformation Recycle Claims from Prior #Viral #Outbreaks
#Travellers #advised to consider #mpox #vaccine
The #European Centre for #Disease #Prevention and #Control (#ECDC) has updated its #recommendations in response to #outbreaks of a new #strain of the #virus in #Africa. Other #continents, including #Europe, can expect some #cases too, it says.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Health #Healthcare #Travel #Tourism #PinkTourism
A new #ResearchNetwork set up to help counter #Africa’s surge in #mpox cases is urgently seeking #funding, as #outbreaks emerge in previously unaffected parts of the continent.
Mpox is an #InfectiousDisease caused by the #monkeypox #virus. It can cause a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever. Although most people make a full recovery, it can develop into a serious, or fatal illness.
A #consortium, called #MpoxReC, was announced in #TheLancet in May this year. Jean Nachega, coordinating committee chair, says the immediate priority is to secure funding for research activities across #MpoxEndemic countries.
The focus is in response to burgeoning outbreaks, not only in #endemic countries, but also in previously unaffected parts of Africa, especially through sexual contact. Nachega and co-authors of The Lancet announcement say the continent’s leading mpox #scientists continue to struggle to secure critical #research funding to help contain the persistent threat.
“Mpox is a serious #health concern, not only for #African countries but for the world. #COVID19 showed clearly that #viruses have no respect for borders, and if we don’t accelerate efforts to eliminate mpox in Africa, we risk its spread to other continents,” Nachega tells #NatureAfrica.
Health experts plead for unvaxxed Americans to get measles shot as cases rise
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/health-experts-plead-for-unvaxxed-americans-to-get-measles-shot-as-cases-rise/ #health #measles #outbreaks #vaccine #CDC #pleas
[Audio] #Florida’s #AntiVaxxers Won. Then the #Measles #Surged.
When #politics beat out #medicine, and the #science #Infectiousdiseases #outbreaks follow.
https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2024/03/florida-measles-outbreak
Media should ask public health *how* measles virus transmits
With all the attention on #measles #outbreaks recently, the media should ask public health how the measles #virus can catch a ride in #aerosols to help it stay #airborne for hours and infect people but somehow no other virus like #COVID or #respiratory viruses (#Flu, #RSV) can use the exact same transportation method and fall to the ground. 
