WHO Director-General declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern
Date published: August 14, 2024
Mpox caused by human-to-human transmission of Monkeypox virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo with spread to neighboring countries
Date published: August 7, 2024
https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2024/han00513.asp
WHO Africa alerts
Published: August, 2024
Weekly bulletins on outbreaks and other emergencies | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
United States (CDC): During 2024, a total of West Nile virus human disease cases from which 42 were neuroinvasive cases in 21 states
Date published: July 30, 2024.
https://www.cdc.gov/west-nile-virus/data-maps/current-year-data.html
Oropouche fever outbreaks in parts of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, and Cuba (see map). Oropouche fever is spread by the bite of infected midges (small flies) and mosquitoes
Published: June 27, 2024
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/level1/oropouche-fever-brazil
An outbreak of Listeriosis in the United States (34 people from 13 states), 32 hospitalized and two deceased. Apparently all linked to liverwurst consumption
Date published: July 26, 2024.
https://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/delimeats-7-24/details.html
In 2024, reported cases of pertussis increased across the United States, indicating a return to more typical trends. Preliminary data show that more than three times as many cases have been reported to date in 2024 compared to the same time in 2023
Published: July 23, 202
European vaccination will be piloted in five countries
Published: July 22, 2024
https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/stories/european-vaccination-card-will-be-piloted-in-five-countries/
The virus that causes Polio has been found in Gaza. Here’s why that is grim news
Date published: July 22, 2024.
https://www.science.org/content/article/virus-causes-polio-has-been-found-gaza-here-s-why-grim-news
WHO Global dengue surveillance: The year of 2024 is the worst year in terms of recorded cases of dengue. As of July 23, more than 10 million cases had been reported in 176 countries in all regions of the World Health Organization (although the Americas account for the majority of cases), with more than 24,000 severe cases and 6,508 deaths. This figure already exceeds the number of cases in 2023, which was also a record year
Date published: July 22, 2024
https://worldhealthorg.shinyapps.io/dengue_global/
New study confirms mammal-to-mammal avian flu spread
Date published: July 20, 2024.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240724122226.htm
Study shows promise for a universal influenza vaccine
Date published: July 19, 2024.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240719123816.htm
Australia is heading towards a whooping cough epidemic, with cases surging past 11,000 over the past six months, compared to 2,447 in all of last year
Published: June 20, 2024
First confirmed case of Avian Influenza A(H5N2) in Mexico
Published: June 14, 2024
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2024-DON524
As of 30 April 2024, over 7.6 million dengue cases have been reported to WHO in 2024, including 3.4 million confirmed cases, over 16 000 severe cases, and over 3000 deaths. While a substantial increase in dengue cases has been reported globally in the last five years, this increase has been particularly pronounced in the Region of the Americas
Published: May 30, 2024
https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2024-DON518
Taiwan reports first Japanese encephalitis cases of 2024
Published: May 18, 2024.
Taiwan reports first Japanese encephalitis cases of 2024 (substack.com)
The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota released the 2024 Update of a Research and Development (R&D) Roadmap for Nipah Virus to accelerate the development of medical countermeasures (MCMs), including diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines, to enable effective and timely emergency response to Nipah virus (NiV) outbreaks
Published: 2024 update.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/sites/default/files/Nipah%20Roadmap%20Final%20-%207-1-24.pdf
