The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced some people returning from Matamoros, Mexico, were diagnosed with suspected fungal meningitis infections in the U.S. that have led to severe illness and death.
Travelers with these infections had medical or surgical procedures that involved the injection of an anesthetic into the area around the spinal column performed at clinics in Matamoros, including River Side Surgical Center and Clinica K-3.
Fungal Infections Following Surgery in Northeast Mexico
Bird Flu Vaccine Authorized to Save California Condors
The United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (APHIS) today announced they approved the emergency use of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) vaccine candidate to prevent additional deaths of California Condors.
This vaccine clinical trial will be carried out with the surrogate vultures in North Carolina beginning in May 2023.
As of May 12, 2023, twenty-one Condors have died related to HPAI infections in 2023.
In April 2023, the USDA's Agricultural Research Service began testing several candidate vaccines.
mRNA Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Candidate Shows Promising Results
Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines may be the hottest thing in vaccine research. But even before the recent pandemic began, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) researchers had already been testing mRNA vaccine technology with a different purpose — as a treatment for cancer.
Pancreatic cancer surgeon Vinod Balachandran, MD, has been leading the first clinical trial to test mRNA vaccines as a potential therapy for pancreatic cancer.
The vaccines are custom-made for every person.
Update: Masks May Reduce SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Community Settings
Updated review of the evidence shows small reduction in risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection with mask use versus no mask use
Current Surge Noted in RSV Infection, Especially in Older Children
Greater proportion of children hospitalized in 2022 to 2023 were aged 2 to younger than 5 years and aged 5 to younger than 12 years