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CDC issues measles outbreak health advisory, encourages vaccination

March 21, 2024 - The CDC is urging healthcare providers to recommend and administer measles vaccines for patients six months and older in a recent Health Alert Network (HAN) Health advisory. In light of recent measles outbreaks nationwide, the advisory stresses that all eligible United States residents should be updated on their vaccinations before international...

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Have US maternal mortality rates actually doubled?

by Veronica Salib

Research suggests that the rising rates of maternal mortality in the United States may represent changes in maternal mortality surveillance instead of an increase in incidence. While data from the...

CDC’s Updated COVID Isolation Guidelines: Realistic or Relaxed?

by Veronica Salib

On Friday, March 1, 2024, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a press release revealing that it no longer recommends that individuals with COVID-19 isolate for...

Preterm and Early-Term Birth Rates in the US Increased Since 2014

by Veronica Salib

On January 31, 2024, the United States CDC published a National Vital Statistics Report (NVSS) evaluating the distribution of births by gestational age from 2014 to 2022. Through data stratification,...

CDC Data Raises Concerns About Rising Syphilis Cases

by Veronica Salib

CDC data published on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, prompted discussions around the alarmingly high and continually rising rates of syphilis across the United States. The CDC gathered data on over 2.5...

CDC States JN.1 Accounts for Nearly 90% of Circulating COVID Variants

by Veronica Salib

Despite federal representatives ending the national public health emergency associated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the CDC’s COVID-19 tracking data continually reveals that the pandemic is far...

FDA Updates Medical Device Sterility Guidelines

by Veronica Salib

Earlier this week, on January 8, 2024, the United States FDA announced a revised version of its guidance on medical device sterility: Submission and Review of Sterility Information in Premarket...

COVID Rates Surge Amidst the Holiday Season

by Veronica Salib

Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data from the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) identifying high SARS-CoV-2 viral activity levels in...

CDC Reports That Infant Mortality Rates Rose 3% from 2021 to 2022

by Veronica Salib

Yesterday, the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Vital Statistics published a provisional report highlighting a 3% increase in infant mortality rates...

Omicron Variant EG.5 Linked to 17.3% of New COVID-19 Cases

by Veronica Salib

According to the most recent data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant, EG.5, is now the leading cause of new COVID-19 cases across the...

Local Malaria Cases Prompt CDC Monitoring and Hypervigilance

by Veronica Salib

On June 26, 2023, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory prompted by local cases in Florida and Texas. The organization...

Meningococcal Disease Cases Roughly Doubled in Patients with HIV

by Veronica Salib

A CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published last week revealed an increase in meningococcal disease among individuals with HIV in 2022. The report estimated that, compared to cases in...

Over 95% of People in the United States Have SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies

by Veronica Salib

A CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) evaluating antibodies among blood donors in the United States revealed that over 95% of people over 16 who donated blood between April 2021 and...

CDC Report Links 40% of Foodborne Illnesses to Infected Food Workers

by Veronica Salib

A CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) assessment noted that 40% of foodborne illnesses between 2017 and 2019 were linked to infected or ill food workers. These findings suggest increasing...

AIDS Healthcare Foundation Warns Against Mpox Resurgence

by Veronica Salib

Last week, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a global nonprofit organization focused on HIV and AIDS advocacy and treatment, warned about the resurgence of mpox, formerly called monkeypox. Despite...

CDC Issues a Level 2 Travel Notice Regarding Fungal Meningitis

by Veronica Salib

After investigations of fungal meningitis revealed a link between the condition and traveled to Mexico, the CDC issued a level 2 travel notice, urging United States residents to practice enhanced...

CDC Discovers First Drug-Resistant Ringworm Infections in the US

by Veronica Salib

In a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published by the CDC on May 12, 2023, public health officials identified the first cases of drug-resistant ringworm in the United States. According to...

WHO Ends Mpox Emergency as CDC Investigates Potential Resurgence

by Veronica Salib

On May 11, 2023, the WHO released a statement announcing the end of the global mpox public health emergency. Just days earlier, the CDC began investigating the potential resurgence of mpox in the...

Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Triple as Substance Abuse Rises Across US

by Hayden Schmidt

A CDC report published Tuesday found that drug overdose deaths increased significantly for several substances, including fentanyl which has emerged as the most common cause of overdose in the United...

CDC Tracks New COVID-19 Subvariant on the Rise: Arcturus (XBB.1.16)

by Veronica Salib

As the COVID pandemic has progressed, the CDC has added yet another COVID-19 subvariant to the seemingly never-ending variants of concern. The new variant XBB.1.16, also known as Arcturus, is an...

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