The Department of State, in coordination with the CDC and Congress, said it intends to provide an additional $242 million in funding for the Ebola outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of Congo and surrounding areas. The U.S. is the…
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The Government Accountability Office released a report July 30 outlining actions experts suggested to improve U.S. surveillance for emerging infectious diseases, following a roundtable GAO convened with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Six things to know: 1.…
The Virginia Department of Health said Aug. 4 it has identified the state’s first locally acquired case of dengue. The patient lives in the Fairfax and Loudoun county area and had not traveled outside Virginia before falling ill. State officials…
Moderna has launched its phase 1 clinical trial of its Bundibugyo Ebola virus vaccine. The first-in-human trial is being conducted on 80 healthy volunteers across three sites in Canada, according to an Aug. 3 Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations news…
In 2025, New Mexico confirmed 100 measles cases across nine of its 33 counties, and each case cost an average $53,522, according to research published Aug. 4 in Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers with the CDC and New Mexico Department…
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Michigan health officials said Aug. 3 the state’s cyclosporiasis outbreak has tallied 11,234 cases, 193 hospitalizations and two deaths, as of July 30. The two individuals who died “had significant underlying health conditions that may have been impacted by cyclosporiasis…
Cyclosporiasis has sickened more than 18,000 people in 2026, marking the largest outbreak of the parasitic infection in history, according to a July 29 CDC update. Three updates: 1. The CDC has confirmed 7,725 cyclosporiasis cases and 465 hospitalizations across…
When I read the recent Becker’s Hospital Review brief, “Rural hospital CEO sees ‘no hope in the rural health transformation funds,'” I understood the frustration behind the headline. For decades, rural hospitals have been asked to do more with less.…
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now the second-largest on record and among the fastest-spreading in history. At least 3,553 confirmed cases have been reported since mid-May, according to July 31 data from the World Health…
Clinical cases of Candida auris more than doubled nationwide between 2022 and 2024, according to CDC data released in July. The CDC recorded 6,304 clinical cases across 43 states and Washington, D.C., in 2024 — the most recent year available…