Fortune: Norovirus rates have skyrocketed by 340% this season. Here’s where the ‘winter vomiting disease’ is spreading and why
The CDC reported 91 norovirus outbreaks the week of Dec. 5, 2024, up from 69 the previous week.
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Reuters: Bird flu virus shows mutations in first severe human case in US, CDC says
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday its analysis of samples from the first severe case of bird flu in the country last week showed mutations not seen in samples from an infected backyard flock on the patient's property.
CDC confirms US case of bird flu with no known animal exposure
The patient from Missouri has recovered, but health officials are still investigating how they became infected.
The Guardian: Africa CDC declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency
Democratic Republic of the Congo among countries affected by the virus, with death toll now more than 1,450
Childhood vaccinations will have prevented more than 500 million illnesses and 1 million deaths in US since 1994, CDC report says
Routine childhood vaccinations will have prevented hundreds of millions of illnesses, tens of millions of hospitalizations and more than 1 million deaths among people born between 1994 and 2023, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.