COVID19 News

Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) have represented a significant category of infectious diseases in the People's Republic of China (PRC), with trends persisting over the past twenty years.
Researchers recently analyzed the epidemiological characteristics (2025, 7(29): 961-966) of 14 types of Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) from 2005 to 2024. These diseases were categorized as mosquito-borne, tick-borne, rodent-borne, and other VBDs.

While the media recently highlighted the United Kingdom's gonorrhoea vaccination initiative, it appears that Galicia, Spain, was actually the first jurisdiction in the world to implement a program to prevent gonorrhoea through vaccination.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has announced the launch of a new public dashboard titled 'Upcoming Scientific Outputs.'
As of September 8, 2025, this interactive dashboard enables users to search and view all major scientific outputs currently under development by the Centre.
One goal is to enhance surveillance of communicable diseases such as chikungunya and dengue.

The discussion about how long therapy with benzathine penicillin G (BPG) should last for individuals with early syphilis has recently been updated. Clinicians often use BPG to treat bacterial infections, such as syphilis, which is caused by T. pallidum. 
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), reporting in the New England Journal of Medicine on September 3, 2025, found that a single injection of the antibiotic BPG was as effective as the three-injection regimen used in the treatment of early syphilis.

The Emergency Consultative Group (ECG), which advises the Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on mpox, has recently urged that the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) remain in place.
Meeting on September 2, 2025, to review the outbreak and assess whether the emergency status should be lifted, the Group concluded that maintaining the declaration is essential to preserve political will, mobilise resources, and keep countries on high alert.

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today declared a new outbreak of Ebola Zaire virus disease in Kasai Province.
As of September 4, 2025, this outbreak has infected 28 suspected cases and resulted in 15 deaths, including four health workers, in the Bulape and Mweka health zones of Kasai Province.
Case numbers are likely to increase as transmission continues, says the World Health Organization (WHO).

While many public health leaders say the dengue virus has become endemic in Miami-Dade County, a county located 180 miles north along the east coast of Florida, near Cape Canaveral, may also be added to this discussion.
As of the end of August 2025, the Florida Department of Health in Brevard County (DOH-Brevard) reported 14 cases of locally acquired dengue in Brevard County residents.

The United Kingdom has recently announced that it will launch a chickenpox vaccination program in England, starting in January 2026, which will protect around half a million children each year.
On August 29, 2025, the UK stated the chickenpox vaccine has been safely used for decades and is already part of the routine vaccine schedules in several countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, and Germany.