Just as New Yorkers are finalizing their Spring Break plans, Rockland County Executive Ed Day announced he is urging residents planning to visit countries where poliovirus is found to get a polio booster shot.
According to Rockland County's March 17, 2023, press release, these countries include Israel, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, and several other African countries.

Former NBA superstar Earvin "Magic" Johnson recently agreed to assist in launching Sideline RSV, a new health education campaign aimed to help older adults and their loved ones better understand the risks and potential seriousness of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infection.
The new campaign will help bring the RSV conversation to center court as older adults are more likely to have severe outcomes from RSV because the immune system typically weakens as people age.

A novel antiviral may soon become available to treat dengue infections, which impacts millions of people and is threatening people in south Florida and Puerto Rico in 2023.
While two dengue vaccines are authorized in certain countries, no antiviral is commercially available. 

The defense against a mosquito-borne viral disease that has spread to over 125 countries and is one of the World Health Organization's top threats to global health expanded today in Brazil.
An innovative Dengue vaccine that does not require pre-vaccination testing was approved by the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) to prevent dengue in Brazil caused by any of the four virus serotypes.

Since late 2021, a global shift has occurred in the ecology of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) of the H5 subtype. The continual spread of H5 HPAI (bird flu) is cause for concern, given the high mortality in birds, mammals, and some humans.

Researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and colleagues found that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was highly trusted for health information by more than 33% of U.S. adults.
Whereas state and local health departments were highly trusted by about 25%. 

The New York State Department of Health today announced that New Yorkers intending to visit Israel and other countries with circulating poliovirus in 2023 should ensure they are fully immunized against polio.
As of March 10, 2023, Israel's Ministry of Health confirmed four children had tested positive for poliovirus in Northern Israel after one unvaccinated child presented symptoms of paralysis.
Additionally, Israel has reported widespread poliovirus detection in wastewater systems between 2022 and 2023.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently confirmed more than 300 people became ill on a Galveston, Texas, based cruise ship last week.
On March 7, 2023, the CDC's Investigation Update regarding vomiting and diarrhea on the Princess Cruises' Ruby Princess voyage #RU305P determined:

During the recent pandemic, the U.S. government authorized the expansion of the scope of pharmacy practice. An often-mentioned success story is the number of COVID-19 vaccinations administrated by pharmacists to senior citizens.
A second, less-known success was the safe and effective delivery of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in a community pharmacy.

While versions of the Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine have been used successfully for decades, researchers have pursued newer vaccines based on innovative technologies.