An FDA advisory panel has recommended approval of Moderna’s mRNA-based flu vaccine, mFlusiva, for adults ages 50-64, and adults 65 and older if a specific condition is met. The vaccine was about 27% more effective than a standard flu shot…
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The 42-day federal quarantine for 18 Americans held at Omaha-based University of Nebraska Medical Center’s National Quarantine Unit ended June 22, with no confirmed U.S. hantavirus cases linked to the MV Hondius outbreak, The New York Times reported. Here is…
The current Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak is three times larger than any previous Ebola outbreak four weeks after being declared a public health emergency, Africa CDC epidemiologist Wessam Mankoula, MD, said in a briefing. The largest Ebola outbreak in history, which…
The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has increased 38% in a single week and claimed more than 200 lives in its first month, the worst known outbreak at this stage with up to 35,000 suspected potential contacts, The…
Infant mortality rates dropped to an all-time low in 2025, according to new data from the CDC. The data comes from the CDC’s National Vital Statistics System. Estimates for 2025 are based on provisional death and birth data, with final…
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Peter Stafford, MD, the American physician who contracted Ebola, has recovered and returned to the U.S., CBS News reported June 15. Here are the latest updates on the Ebola outbreak. 1. Dr. Stafford, his wife and their four children all…
A survey of 624 current and former CDC workers found that 95% believe recent changes at the agency will cost American lives. Researchers from Lansing-based Michigan State University anonymously surveyed 624 CDC workers between February and April who either currently…
A toxicology journal has retracted a 2010 study that claimed male newborns vaccinated against hepatitis B in their first month of life had threefold greater odds of an autism diagnosis than those vaccinated later or not at all. In a…
Nearly one month after the Ebola outbreak was declared, Democratic Republic of Congo authorities reported the highest increase in Ebola cases in one day at 72 new cases reported in a 24-hour period. Here are five Ebola updates. 1. There…
More than 1 in 7 pregnant women in the U.S. reported drinking alcohol in the past 30 days, according to a CDC study published June 11 in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Researchers analyzed 2021-2024 data from the Behavioral…