Author: Claudinne Miller
Experts Pan Call to Break Up the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine
MedPage Today “I cannot think of a single reason to implement such a concept” The temporary CDC head’s call to split apart the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three separate shots drew swift rebukes from pediatric and infectious disease experts. “I call on vaccine manufacturers to develop safe monovalent vaccines to replace the […]
Oct 8, 2025
The CDC’s most recent updates on COVID-19 vaccinations
WTOP The most recent recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on COVID-19 vaccines call for “vaccination based on shared clinical decision-making,” according to a news release published Tuesday. “Informed consent is back,” Acting Director and Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neil said. “CDC’s 2022 blanket recommendation for perpetual COVID-19 boosters deterred […]
Oct 8, 2025
Fighting the Pandemic of Misinformation
The Hospitalist On November 28, 2021, scrolling through Twitter, I came across a tweet by @SailingKateMD: “Checked my ICU list after being gone for a few days for the holiday…Every single one of my COVID-19 patients died while I was gone. All of them.”1 It was my third year as an attending hospitalist. The world […]
Oct 1, 2025
What Was the World’s First-Known Pandemic?
History.com The Plague of Justinian peaked in the year 542 and lasted for two centuries, contributing to the fall of the Roman Empire. The Plague of Justinian in the sixth century was one of the worst of times. “Now the disease spread over the whole world, sparing neither sex nor age nor making any distinction […]
Oct 1, 2025
Illinois Confirms First Case of Rare Tick-Borne Powassan Virus
Infectious Disease Advisor Illinois health officials are warning residents to be on alert after the state’s first case of Powassan virus was confirmed in a resident who became seriously ill. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) hasn’t determined whether the person was infected in Illinois, but officials are now testing ticks statewide for the virus. “With […]
Oct 1, 2025
437 hospitalized with measles, 39 in ICUs, amid outbreak that started in May
Times of Israel At a Knesset Health Committee meeting today, Dr. Sharon Elroei-Price, head of public health services at the Health Ministry, states that approximately 1,700 patients have been confirmed with measles in the past six months, 437 have been hospitalized since the outbreak began in May, and 39 are in intensive care. Six children […]
Oct 1, 2025
New York State Department of Health Issues Advisory Following Measles Detection in City of Oswego Wastewater
NY State Dept of Health The New York State Department of Health is alerting the public, providers and local health officials about low levels of measles virus that was detected in a wastewater sample collected earlier this week from a treatment facility serving parts of the City of Oswego and surrounding areas. The Department is […]
Oct 1, 2025
Measles case reported in Minneapolis school; 9 other metro cases reported this week
CBS News Nearly a dozen new cases of measles have been reported this week to the Minnesota Department of Health, which includes one case involving a student at a Minneapolis school. According to the department, the 10 new cases have been confirmed since Monday, Sept. 29, bringing the state’s total caseload for this year to […]
Oct 1, 2025
Orange County toddler infected with measles
NBC Los Angeles Orange County Health Care Agency officials on Monday revealed a toddler has been infected with measles, but the virus is not expected to spread because the family isolated as it was contagious. Nationally, 1,514 cases of measles have been reported with 23 new ones in the past couple of weeks, officials said. […]
Oct 1, 2025
Ebola death toll rises to 42 in southern DRC as outbreak spreads
CGTN Africa The Democratic Republic of Congo, with support from international partners, is stepping up efforts to contain the disease.
Oct 1, 2025
