New details on Washington's H5N1 death. Three measles deaths in a week.
A Washington resident hospitalized with avian influenza after exposure at a dairy has died. New York has recorded its first measles death in more than 30 years.
H5N1 has infected eight herds in Washington and a confirmed human case. Influenza activity is growing or likely growing in 46 states. The Ebola outbreak has passed 9,500 cases and an eighth Congolese province, Kenya's cluster has grown to nine, and Nigeria has confirmed an imported case.
US measles cases hit their highest level since 1991, and Pennsylvania reports a sixth measles-associated death. Influenza is weeks ahead of last season, almost all H1N1. Ebola passes 9,000 cases, Kenya confirms a second case, and a Bundibugyo vaccine trial begins in Uganda.
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Influenza is off to an early start, with test positivity in the Pacific states growing quickly. Three Florida counties have declared states of emergency over dengue.
Back to school sale on annual subscriptions. CDC reports one measles death, PA reports four. West Nile activity in California is at a five-year high. Florida has confirmed a dengue death.
Pennsylvania has confirmed four measles deaths but CDC’s national count still reads zero. CDC also warns of rising rabies exposures and errors in post-exposure prophylaxis, and Florida has 111 locally acquired dengue cases.
U.S. measles passes 3,000 cases for the first time since 1991. Cyclosporiasis totals climb after the season closed, a sprout recall widens, Covid-19 rises in 47 states, and DRC's Ebola response misses nearly every target.
Measles; Cyclosporiasis: season totals; Naegleria fowleri: North Carolina and Louisiana; Chikungunya: Florida; Ebola: DRC past 6,000
Two measles deaths reported in Pennsylvania. Cyclosporiasis incidence slows but remains elevated. Deaths from V vulnificus and N folweri.
A record cyclosporiasis outbreak keeps growing a month after the Taylor Farms recall, measles continues to circulate, and Ebola in DRC grows. Plus Covid, West Nile, Powassan, and dengue.