Outbreaks
- 1.4 million vaccines from global stockpile support yellow fever control in Nigeria
- WHO supports the immunization of 874 000 people against yellow fever in Nigeria
- WHO provides 1.2 million antibiotics to fight plague in Madagascar
- Partners commit to reduce cholera deaths by 90% by 2030
- World hunger again on the rise, driven by conflict and climate change, new UN report says
- Sierra Leone to begin cholera vaccination drive in disaster-affected areas
Medical News
- Study describes differences between mutation profile of acral nevi and acral melanoma
- Study: Organic-certified meats less likely to be contaminated with pathogenic bacteria
- Inexpensive test for rapid detection of COVID-19 with 90% accuracy
- Research provides new insight into anesthesia-associated tau spreading in the brain
- Scientists find dramatic differences between ancient gut microbiomes and modern microbes
- AI helps assess patient's risk of regenerative outcomes after treatment of peri-implantitis
- Girls more likely to develop metabolic alterations associated with obesity than boys
- New method to efficiently deliver drugs into cells
- New peptide could allow cannabis to fight pain without side effects
- Study could help understand how Tuberous Sclerosis Complex arises
Public Health
- CDC Director Statement on Pfizer's Use of COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents Age 12 and OlderMedia Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on Signing the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' Recommendation to Use Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine in 12- to 15-Year-Olds
- New CDC Campaign Highlights Steps to Prevent Injury in Adults Ages 65 and OverThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is launching Still Going Strong, a national campaign that brings attention to ways older adults (age 65 and older) can age without injury.
- CDC Issues Phases 2B and 3 of the Conditional Sailing OrderToday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released guidance for cruise ships to undertake simulated voyages with volunteer passengers as part of its COVID-19 Conditional Sailing Certificate application.