CDC / James Gathany Through December 10, the world has seen more than 500,000 chikungunya cases worldwide, with almost 300,000 in the Americas region alone, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported in a risk assessment yesterday. With a high degree of confidence,
Three of five groups of eight participants each received low, medium, or high doses of the clade 2.1 influenza A/H5 (A/Indonesia/05/2005) recombinant hemagglutinin glycoprotein (rH5) vaccine combined with an adjuvant; one group received 100 µg of an unadjuvanted rH5 vaccine; and one group
SanderStock / iStock Adults with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or recurrent major depressive disorder—especially those who are older, Black or Hispanic, have chronic conditions, have public health insurance, or were hospitalized during infection—are at elevated risk for long COVID, according to an analysis
If you asked most Americans, they’d probably tell you that one global pandemic in a lifetime is one more than they wanted. They’d rather not think about the next one. But for Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) Director Michael
In a startling pandemic preparedness development, Moderna yesterday announced that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has terminated a $590 million award it received in January for late-stage development of a candidate mRNA vaccine against H5 avian influenza and
In a historic development, the World Health Assembly (WHA) at its plenary session today adopted a Pandemic Agreement, which is designed to better prepare the world and form a more equitable response to the next pandemic. The WHA, made up of World
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced its advisory committee’s recommendations on strains to include for the Northern Hemisphere’s 2025-26 flu season, which swap out the H3N2 components but keep the current 2009 H1N1 and influenza B strains the same. The three
Investment in medical oxygen systems could save millions of lives by filling gaps in oxygen access for more than half the world’s population and boosting pandemic preparedness, says a report published yesterday in The Lancet Global Health. The Lancet Global Health Commission
A new US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report identifies a shortage of public health workers across multiple occupations and locations that restricts the ability to perform essential functions such as disease investigation and mitigation, hazard detection, and emergency response. The US Department
In a move that could have a significant impact on US and global efforts to monitor and respond to infectious diseases, the Trump administration yesterday said it will withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO). In an executive order issued within hours