An additional death linked to contaminated eye drops was reported by the CDC May 15, bringing the total to four associated deaths and 81 patient cases across 18 U.S. states. 

The CDC is warning clinicians and health officials of a potential mpox resurgence this spring and summer.

A woman in Washington state who became infected with Tuberculosis in 2022 and repeatedly refused treatment for the highly-contagious disease is still at large, but set to appear for a court hearing May 19, according to NBC News.

The next updates to COVID-19 vaccine formulas should primarily target XBB variants, the World Health Organization announced May 18.

Injuries inside hospitals to healthcare workers and patients increased during the pandemic, according to a report from the Massachusetts Department of Health, which was presented at a May 17 Public Health Council meeting.

Governors from 11 states sent a letter to the Biden administration urging it to implement a federal policy ahead of a January 2025 deadline to help fight opioid deaths.

Gun violence has surpassed the opioid epidemic as the nation's top public health concern, according to an Axios-Ipsos poll released May 18. 

The United States and the European Union have launched a joint health taskforce to expand research and collaboration efforts in three key areas: cancer, global health threats and global health architecture.

All four women who were injured in a May 2 shooting at Northside Hospital Medical Midtown in Atlanta have all been discharged from the hospital, according to a May 16 report from ABC affiliate WSB-TV. 

Boston-based Mass General Brigham has drawn criticism from disability advocates and community members over how it's handling masking at its hospitals, radio station GBH 89.7 reported May 17.

A survey of more than 2,500 U.S. adults found more than 70 percent feel the nation's healthcare system fails to meet their needs in some way, Time reported May 16. 

While the public health emergency may be over, the COVID-19 virus has and likely will continue to change the healthcare landscape. Here are four recent updates about the virus and its continued effects across the public health spectrum:

The FDA launched a 'rumor control' hub May 16 aimed at combating widespread misinformation about vaccines, medicine, science and health trends.

Do you have access to a gun? Do you live with anyone who has acces to a gun? Clinicians at the University of Michigan's psychiatric emergency department are asking these hard questions as part of an initiative to reduce gun violence — one gun and one family at a time. 

Weekly emergency department visits nationwide for mental health conditions and drug overdoses among adolescents, have fallen by 10 percent, but levels are still slightly increasing for adolescent female patients specifically, according to a May 12 report from the CDC. 

In February, the CDC issued a warning against a brand of eyedrops linked to dozens of severe eye infections in the U.S. But the bottles were causing infections months before that. 

The CDC on May 11 released details about the nation's first two cases of a drug-resistant form of ringworm caused by an emerging pathogen known as Trichophyton indotineae.

The CDC is investigating new mpox cases, with some of the infections happening among vaccinated individuals, the agency said May 10. 

The CDC published updated masking recommendations for healthcare facilities days before the nation's May 11 COVID-19 public health emergency expiration.

In the last decade, 152 million infants worldwide were born preterm — and while preterm birth rates are not changing, death rates from preterm birth complications are on the rise, according to a May 9 report from the World Health Organization.