A New York child died after contracting measles, the first measles death in the state in 30 years, according to a Nov. 2 New York Department of Health news release. “This is New York’s first measles-related death in 30 years,…
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The CDC has now confirmed 4,852 measles cases so far in 2026, the highest yearly total in 35 years, CIDRAP reported Oct. 31. Here are the most recent updates in the measles and Ebola outbreaks. Measles 1. The CDC has…
Hospitals reported 6,100 lab-confirmed flu admissions in the week ending Oct. 24, up 27% from 4,811 the week before, according to the CDC’s latest FluView report. The CDC said seasonal flu activity remains low nationally but is increasing in many…
Shifting routine rotavirus vaccination to shared clinical decision-making is projected to raise healthcare costs between $34.5 million and $103.5 million, according to a modeling study published Oct. 26 in JAMA Network Open. The decision analytical model, led by researchers at…
A PNAS analysis led by Stanford researchers suggests earlier estimates of long COVID’s effects may have been inflated by how studies selected their comparison groups, though the authors said the findings do not mean long-term symptoms are not real. Here…
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The cumulative flu hospitalization rate has climbed to the highest level for this point in the season in more than 15 years, according to CDC data. For the week ending Oct. 17, the cumulative flu hospitalization rate was 2.1 per…
CDC deputy director and chief medical officer Jennifer Shuford, MD, is leaving the agency after six months, The Washington Post reported Oct. 26. Dr. Shuford, an infectious disease physician, previously served as Texas’ health commissioner and was hired in April…
More than 250 hospitals across 28 states have signed HHS’ pledge to provide more nutritious food, the federal health agency announced Oct. 26. The pledge asks hospitals to prepare patient meals with nutrient-dense, scratch-cooked ingredients, provide nutrition counseling and information…
A single mutation in the H1N1 influenza virus — G155E — is emerging as the defining feature of a flu season that has arrived months ahead of schedule and may slip past some people’s immunity, researchers told Nature, CNN and…
Nearly 1 in 10 adults hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus infection died in the hospital or within 30 days of discharge, according to preliminary CDC data. Researchers analyzed RSV hospitalization data from the CDC’s Respiratory Virus Hospitalization Surveillance Network, which…