TechdirtA Model For HHS: New Mexico Measles Outbreak Was Curtailed With Mass Vaccination Campaign
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬#BrownUniversity’s #Pandemic Center studies #pandemics, and the #US resurgence of #measles is a grim sign of what’s coming
Low levels of #vaccination across the country mean measles #outbreaks will continue to occur, needlessly hospitalizing and killing the unvaccinated. But beyond these harms, the disease’s resurgence serves as a serious warning about the country’s capacity to manage #infectiousdisease threats of all kinds.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/we-study-pandemics-and-the-resurgence-of-measles-is-a-grim-sign-of-whats-coming/
Low levels of #vaccination across the country mean measles #outbreaks will continue to occur, needlessly hospitalizing and killing the unvaccinated. But beyond these harms, the disease’s resurgence serves as a serious warning about the country’s capacity to manage #infectiousdisease threats of all kinds.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/we-study-pandemics-and-the-resurgence-of-measles-is-a-grim-sign-of-whats-coming/
Global News NationalEurope sees decline in bird flu case detections, report finds
Between November 29 and February 27, authorities recorded 406 outbreaks of bird flu in domestic birds in 32 European countries and 2,108 outbreaks in wild birds, they said.
#Health #birdflu #Influenza
https://globalnews.ca/news/11727714/europe-decline-bird-flu/
Between November 29 and February 27, authorities recorded 406 outbreaks of bird flu in domestic birds in 32 European countries and 2,108 outbreaks in wild birds, they said.
#Health #birdflu #Influenza
https://globalnews.ca/news/11727714/europe-decline-bird-flu/
Global News HealthEurope sees decline in bird flu case detections, report finds
Between November 29 and February 27, authorities recorded 406 outbreaks of bird flu in domestic birds in 32 European countries and 2,108 outbreaks in wild birds, they said.
#Health #birdflu #Influenza
https://globalnews.ca/news/11727714/europe-decline-bird-flu/
Between November 29 and February 27, authorities recorded 406 outbreaks of bird flu in domestic birds in 32 European countries and 2,108 outbreaks in wild birds, they said.
#Health #birdflu #Influenza
https://globalnews.ca/news/11727714/europe-decline-bird-flu/
Global NewsEurope sees decline in bird flu case detections, report finds
Between November 29 and February 27, authorities recorded 406 outbreaks of bird flu in domestic birds in 32 European countries and 2,108 outbreaks in wild birds, they said.
#Health #birdflu #Influenza
https://globalnews.ca/news/11727714/europe-decline-bird-flu/
Between November 29 and February 27, authorities recorded 406 outbreaks of bird flu in domestic birds in 32 European countries and 2,108 outbreaks in wild birds, they said.
#Health #birdflu #Influenza
https://globalnews.ca/news/11727714/europe-decline-bird-flu/
Viral #Outbreaks Take a Common Path from Animals to People, Study Finds How #Pandemics Are Made
Scientists compared seven viral outbreaks that occurred in recent decades, including epidemics of Covid, Ebola and influenza. The outbreaks were not preceded by any unusual genetic changes in the viruses. In all but one case, in 1977, the viruses circulated in animals and gained the ability to spread to and among people only by unfortunate coincidence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/science/covid-coronavirus-evolution.html
https://archive.ph/UjxJ0
Scientists compared seven viral outbreaks that occurred in recent decades, including epidemics of Covid, Ebola and influenza. The outbreaks were not preceded by any unusual genetic changes in the viruses. In all but one case, in 1977, the viruses circulated in animals and gained the ability to spread to and among people only by unfortunate coincidence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/science/covid-coronavirus-evolution.html
https://archive.ph/UjxJ0
NonilexThe funds are administered through the #CDC. They include grants given to #states for a variety of purposes, including hiring staffs, modernizing data systems & managing #disease #outbreaks. Some programs are aimed at the needs of specific communities.
Some of the cuts will be finalized this week & others over the coming weeks, totaling roughly $600 million.
The withdrawal will hurt the global response to new #outbreaks & will hobble the ability of #US #scientists & #pharmaceutical companies to develop #vaccines & #medicines against new threats, said Lawrence Gostin, a #PublicHealth #law expert at Georgetown University.
The #WHO is the #UnitedNations’ specialized #health agency & is mandated to coordinate the response to global health threats.
#US #vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your #school stands.
Rocked by pandemic politics, the nation’s shield against infectious disease is shrinking.
Before the pandemic, roughly half of counties had #kindergarten #vaccinationrates high enough to prevent #measles #outbreaks.
After, many lost ground, leaving only about a quarter of the counties with #herdimmunity in kindergartners.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2025/measles-vaccine-schools-outbreaks-public-health/
https://archive.ph/b9DqZ
Rocked by pandemic politics, the nation’s shield against infectious disease is shrinking.
Before the pandemic, roughly half of counties had #kindergarten #vaccinationrates high enough to prevent #measles #outbreaks.
After, many lost ground, leaving only about a quarter of the counties with #herdimmunity in kindergartners.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2025/measles-vaccine-schools-outbreaks-public-health/
https://archive.ph/b9DqZ
Giuseppe Michieli#Genomic Insights into #Marburg Virus Strains from 2023 and 2025 #Outbreaks in Kagera, #Tanzania, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/01/genomic-insights-into-marburg-virus.html
