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…
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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…
After implementing a new diagnostic code, the CDC found monthly proportions of emergency department visits for cannabis hyperemesis syndrome was 3.7 times higher between October 2025 and May 2026 compared to visits between January 2023 and September 2025. Cannabis hyperemesis…
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…
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…