Outbreaks, vaccination, drug resistance and the systems that respond to them.
WHO published advice on gender considerations in Ebola response as the Bundibugyo outbreak reached 9,704 confirmed cases in the DRC, spread to Kenya and Nigeria, and a nurse was killed responding to an alert.
The CDC's updated threats report estimates 9.7 million drug-resistant infections and 50,800 deaths a year in the US, far above its 2019 figures, though the agency says the reports are not directly comparable.
Ten models across 28 EU/EEA countries project that universal newborn RSV antibodies at 90% coverage would prevent 61% of hospital admissions in the first two months of life; maternal vaccination 52%.
ECDC counts 291,272 cholera cases and 2,471 deaths worldwide in 2026, far below last year, but Nigeria's outbreak has tripled and deaths rose sharply in the past month.
The CDC counted 4,588 confirmed measles cases as of Oct. 22, more than double all of 2025. Pennsylvania has confirmed more than 1,300 cases and five deaths, and a CDC officer has joined its response.
CDC's FluView for the week ending October 17 shows flu rising earlier than usual, with the highest week-41 hospitalization rate since 2010-11 and H1N1 making up 99% of subtyped viruses.
A new agreement with manufacturer Bharat Biotech lowers the RTS,S malaria vaccine to €5.50 a dose from early 2027, saving about $50 million and reaching up to one million more children.
A Yakima County dairy worker has a mild H5N1 infection after contact with infected cows. ECDC counts 72 US human cases since April 2024; WHO logged new H5N1 and H9N2 cases in Asia.
A Russian anti-plague institute employee died of pneumonia with no pathogen identified. WHO says a lab exposure cannot be fully excluded; ECDC says the data allow no firm conclusion.
WHO's first guidelines on child and adolescent obesity put structured diet, activity and behavior programs first, and rule out drugs, surgery and devices for children under 10.
