The confirmed #measles count in Pennsylvania has topped 1,000. Important to note that confirmed cases make up only a portion of all cases, especially given infections among PA's Amish community probably do not come to public health's attention in many cases. app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrI...

#Flu update: Nationally, flu activity in the US remains low, with all jurisdictions reporting minimal activity in the week ending Sept. 26. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...

The #Ebola outbreak in DRC isn't getting much attention these days. It should be. www.statnews.com/2026/10/02/e...

The list of people seeking to be the next #WHO director-general has grown to 6 with Botswana's nomination of Armenian oncologist Gevorg Tamamyan. I wrote about the other 5 & the selection process here, before this nomination was made public.
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#CDC was informed of 3 more pediatric #flu deaths, 2 in the soon-to-end 2025-26 season & 1 from 2024-25. That brings the totals to 195 this year & 298 last year. Bad years for kids & flu.
Flu is ticking up a bit, but all areas are still reporting minimal activity. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...

5 people are known to be in the running to become the next director-general of the #WHO. Although the nomination deadline was yesterday, it's possible other candidates are in the mix but haven't been announced yet. Whoever wins faces daunting challenges. www.statnews.com/2026/09/25/w...

#CDC has been informed of another child who died from #flu this past winter, bringing the 2025-26 total to 193 deaths. The new season starts in Oct.
All states are reporting minimal flu activity, but you can see (right) it's starting to tick up, led, as usual, by kids. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...

#CDC reports today that as of 9/17, the US has recorded 3,471 confirmed measles cases in 2026, up 50% from the figure recorded in all of 2025. CDC is still not acknowledging the 4 measles-related deaths Pennsylvania has reported.
Important note: confirmed cases are a fraction of the true total.

#USDA reports that 2 more Texas dairy cow herds have tested positive for #H5N1 #birdflu. That brings the number of declared outbreaks from Texas to 38 and the national tally to 1,177 herds in 19 states. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

#USDA reports that Idaho has reported 2 more dairy cow herds infected with #H5N1 #birdflu. This brings the state's total to 177 herds, and the national total to 1,175 infected herds in 19 states since the outbreak was first recognized in March 2024. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

The #CDC #measles page still doesn't list any measles-related deaths in 2026. But the coroner in Lancaster County, PA has reported that at least 1 of 2 recent deaths linked to measles was due to measles.
The CDC site was updated today. Will another update follow? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/w...

#CDC has been informed of another child who died from #flu during the 2025-2026 flu season; the death occurred in late March. It brings the confirmed death toll among kids to 192 for the season so far. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...

Wondering about fall vaccines — who should get them, when, & will they still be available? Key medical organizations have issued clear guidance today.
Good news: The Vaccines for Children program, which covers about 50% of US kids, will still provide them this year. www.statnews.com/2026/09/02/v...

#CDC has been alerted to another 101 #measles cases in the last week, bringing this year's total to date to 2,566. Only 16 of those infections were contracted outside the U.S. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...

#CDC 's new director clearly has been sworn in. Erica Schwartz is now listed on CDC's website as the director. First big challenge for Schwartz: how she responds to this week's executive order on reducing recommended childhood vaccines & the call to break up MMR vax. www.cdc.gov/about/leader...

With @drtedros.who.int projecting DRC's #Ebola outbreak is on track to eclipse the 2014-16 West African outbreak, #WHO is finalizing a Phase 3 vaccine trial protocol it hopes DRC regulatory officials will green light. Likely to start with Merck's Ervebo vaccine. www.statnews.com/2026/08/12/e...

#WHO leaders, including @drtedros.who.int, criticized the changes to U.S. vaccination policy proposed by this week's executive order, saying they're politically motivated, not science based. “This is going in exactly the wrong direction," one official said. www.statnews.com/2026/08/12/t...

Trump's #vaccines executive order calls for breaking combo vaxes into individual pathogen shots again, starting with #MMR — measles, mumps & rubella. Experts argue there's no science supporting this & manufacturers are not on board. Most parents likely aren't either. www.statnews.com/2026/08/11/h...

There've been big advances in #Ebola since the devastating West African outbreak in 2014-16. But unfortunately, most of those advances were aimed at tackling the Zaire species of Ebola. There are others, as this Bundibugyo outbreak in DRC painfully reminds us. www.statnews.com/2026/08/10/e...