Latest reports, ordered by publication time.
Ethiopia has declared the end of its first Marburg virus outbreak after 42 days without new confirmed cases. Health officials and the WHO emphasized that sustained surveillance, contact monitoring, and infection-prevention measures remain essential because Marburg can be severe and has no widely approved vaccine or specific treatment.
The American Academy of Pediatrics released updated guidance recommending vaccinations against 18 diseases—more than the CDC’s current schedule—highlighting a widening public split over vaccine policy. The update arrives amid broader concerns about falling routine protections and shifting federal recommendations.
Ethiopia announced the end of its first Marburg virus outbreak, completing the WHO-required 42-day period without new confirmed cases. The outbreak caused multiple deaths and tested infection control capacity in affected districts.
The American Academy of Pediatrics released its 2026 immunization schedule, continuing to recommend protection against 18 diseases despite the CDC’s revised approach. Pediatric leaders said the AAP’s guidance remains aligned with long-standing evidence and U.S. public health realities.
The American Academy of Pediatrics released a 2026 vaccine schedule continuing to recommend immunizations against 18 diseases for all children, diverging from a CDC shift that reduced universal recommendations to 11 diseases and moved several shots into shared decision-making or higher-risk categories.
Public health officials are responding to two separate threats: a rapidly expanding measles outbreak in South Carolina and a multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to a powdered “Super Greens” dietary supplement. The FDA and CDC have urged consumers to stop using recalled products and have highlighted the lag between infections and reported case counts.
The FDA said inspections found recalled ByHeart infant formula still on store shelves weeks after the company’s voluntary recall, following an outbreak investigation into infant botulism linked to the product. The agency said it has sent warning letters and emphasized that supply-chain partners must act quickly when products pose serious risks to infants.
North Carolina health officials reported additional measles cases in Buncombe County and urged vaccination, warning that people in a specific Mission Hospital emergency department waiting room window may have been exposed.
U.S. health officials report elevated flu activity and estimate millions of illnesses, with hospitalizations and deaths also rising, underscoring renewed urgency for vaccination and caution during peak transmission weeks.
CDC data shows elevated influenza activity, with the agency classifying the 2025–26 season as moderately severe and estimating at least 11 million illnesses, 120,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths so far.
State and local health departments faced confusion after a major CDC-administered public health infrastructure grant was abruptly paused and then reversed. Officials said the whiplash complicated planning and staffing as communities prepared for severe winter weather and ongoing public health needs.
After a major January 5, 2026 shift in CDC childhood vaccine recommendations, a White House social-media graphic and related claims were criticized as misleading, prompting renewed focus on what vaccine guidance is—and is not—in the United States.