The United States has been included in the World Health Organization's latest notice regarding a Public Health Emergency of International Concern due to polio detections.
As a result, the country is subject to Temporary Recommendations issued by the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Polio Eradication.
Moreover, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently confirmed that circulating poliovirus remains a risk in 41 countries. In response, several U.S. states have ramped up their detection efforts.
New York's Poliovirus Detection Continues in June 2025
Colombia's Yellow Fever Outbreak Faces Ecoepidemiological Challenges
The World Health Organization has recently reconfirmed that the mosquito-transmitted yellow fever virus has become endemic in various countries in the Americas, including the Republic of Colombia.
Yellow fever was once mainly sylvatic in remote Colombian regions throughout the 20th century.
Worse Outcomes Seen for Unvaccinated Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19, AKI
Unvaccinated patients had higher rate of continuous renal replacement therapy during hospitalization and higher rate of being discharged on RRT
CDC Vaccine Expert Resigns After RFK Jr. Cuts Advisers
By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A senior scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has resigned, warning that changes in …