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As 2022 comes to a close, a U.S. territory in the Caribbean Sea continues reporting a significant number of severe dengue cases. 
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico reported 849 confirmed dengue cases and 126 probable as of December 16, 2022.
This data contrasted with 2021, when only 81 confirmations and 64 probable dengue cases were reported.
To combat this measurable increase, Puerto Rico recently launched a multi-phase dengue vaccination campaign in the San Juan area, with results expected in early 2023. 

The World Health Organization (WHO) African Region recently published a yellow fever outbreak update on the Event Information Site.
Since 2021, 40 deaths (9%) have been reported in the total 455 confirmed and probable yellow fever (YF) cases.
The WHO African Region reported on December 23, 2022, twelve African countries (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, and Uganda) reported YF outbreaks this year.

When the World Health Organization (WHO) reported nearly forty million children were susceptible to the measles virus in November 2022, few people suspected Ohio would be on the outbreak watch list.
However, the City of Columbus Health Department recently reported its 82nd pediatric measles case.
Of these children, 77 were unvaccinated and unprotected from the very-contagious measles virus.
Unfortunately, as of December 27, 2022, 32 patients had to be hospitalized during this measles outbreak.