That’s interesting. The international meeting to determine whether the US and Mexico, (or any others) have lost measles elimination status, has been set back to November. There had been going to be a special session in April, but it got cancelled.
It’s not exactly in question, is it? Unvaccinated traveler spread measles to 17 other people. U S total this year Approaches 1300. And then Colorado and North Dakota see more cases. Here is a page of Exposure sites in Colorado. Their outbreak centers on a couple of Broomfield schools. Sacramento also Has an exposure alert. Cases slow in other states But surge in Utah. Really, are we delaying admitting it just for optics?
Meanwhile Covid and Long Covid continue to spread misery. While the diabetes drug metformin may help prevent long Covid, it does not treat it. And federal cuts to RNA vaccine research Threaten decades of progress. People with pre-existing respiratory conditions before catching Covid Are more likely to develop long Covid. For some reason, stimulant prescriptions for adults Doubled during the main pandemic.
And a study finds no evidence that most recent pandemic viruses Needed adaptation or a prolonged stay in an intermediate host before infecting humans.
The investigators uncovered no evidence of a change in selection intensity right before viral outbreaks in humans compared with typical selection within reservoir hosts. Rather, measurable changes in selection usually appeared only after the virus sustained transmission in people.
And in another case of no-shit-Sherlock, Working while sick is bad for you. You get sicker later. Not to mention what happens to your colleagues.
Aspergillosis, a fungal lung infection, Is on the rise in the US.
Human metapneumovirus Is an often overlooked part of the respiratory virus season.
Avian flu Strikes more farms in Indiana. Also Several other states. And in wild birds.
Human influenza Remains elevated, but slowly dropping. This year’s season is classed as moderately severe.
A new dengue vaccine Is doing quite well in a phase 3 trial. Dengue is particularly tricky in that developing antibodies to one strain (of four known) can actually make infection with a different strain worse.
Misinformation has consequences. Tylenol use in pregnant women has dropped significantly.
Meanwhile, the FDA is rolling out a replacement for VAERS, which will Combine and replace VAERS, FAERS, and AERS, and will later expand to include supplements and other possible causes of adverse events.
The FDA said all adverse events will be displayed in a single streamlined dashboard. And, unlike the prior systems, which reported adverse events quarterly, AEMS will run in real time.
“By the end of May 2026, AEMS will contain real-time adverse event reports for all FDA-regulated products, consistent with meeting agency obligations not to release individually identifiable patient or consumer information,” the agency said.
But it’s unclear how events will be assessed for credibility or how and if claims will be verified in the context of real-time reporting.
The WHO is Warning of the public health consequences of the war in Iran.
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