A potential measles exposure at its neonatal intensive care unit has prompted Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger to tighten the unit’s visitation rules. Effective Aug. 21, only parents or legal guardians without measles symptoms may visit patients in the NICU, and all…
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COVID-19 test positivity has ticked up nationally, reaching its highest level since February, according to CDC surveillance data tracking respiratory virus activity. A June 2026 CDC outlook had anticipated more summer transmission in Southern and Western states that saw comparatively…
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak is doubling about every 20 days, Tom Fletcher, the United Nations’ Under-Secretary-General for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said Aug. 14. As of Aug. 17, the outbreak has 5,105 cases and 2,420…
Vaccination coverage among the nation’s kindergartners slipped again in the 2025-26 school year while the share of children claiming exemptions climbed to a record 4.2%, new CDC data shows. Coverage for the MMR vaccine fell to 92.4%, down from 92.5%…
Blacklegged ticks carrying Lyme disease have expanded into the mountains of western North Carolina, far south of the disease’s traditional Northeast and Upper Midwest range, according to an Aug. 13 CDC report. Researchers surveilling 22 residential properties in Biltmore Forest,…
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The CDC is tracking more than 24,000 cyclosporiasis cases and 700 hospitalizations tied to ongoing outbreaks across the U.S. Four things to know: 1. As of Aug. 11, the CDC has recorded 13,895 laboratory-confirmed cases across 47 states, including 740…
A 2024 study on excess COVID-era mortality, cited by a witness at a recent U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing in support of claims linking COVID-19 vaccines to deaths, has been retracted by the British Medical Journal Public Health. The study, published…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola outbreak has become the fastest-spreading on record, with the death toll surpassing 2,000 as the rare Bundibugyo strain outpaces the response. Here are eight notes: 1. The toll. As of Aug. 12, the…
HHS is creating a new pathway to evaluate which conditions should be added to the national newborn screening panel as part of a broader effort to modernize a review process that officials say has lagged behind advances in genetic medicine.…
Louisiana has recorded nine cases of Vibrio vulnificus and five deaths in 2026, well above its 10-year average of seven cases and one death a year, the state health department said Aug. 6. All nine patients were hospitalized, and all…