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Infectious Updates 7/21/2025

Infectious Updates 7/21/2025

Measles detected in Utah wastewater Bangladesh and India report more H5N1 infections In Bangladesh’s case, An investigation revealed the child had contact with backyard poultry before symptoms began. No other cases were detected, and the child has recovered. The illness marks Bangladesh’s 11th human H5N1 case since 2008 and its third of 2025. In June, the WHO noted the two cases reported …

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Sudan’s children face growing threat of deadly infectious diseases as vaccination rates halve | Global development

Sudan’s children face growing threat of deadly infectious diseases as vaccination rates halve | Global development

Children in Sudan, caught up in what aid organisations have called the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and threatened by rising levels of violence, are increasingly vulnerable to deadly infectious diseases as vaccinations in the country plummet. In 2022, more than 90% of young children in Sudan received their routine vaccinations. But that figure has nearly halved to 48%, the lowest …

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Infectious Updates 7/15/2025

Infectious Updates 7/15/2025

An EU-funded public-private partnership has developed a universal flu vaccine delivered intranasally An experimental flu drug may protect better than the flu vaccine. But for now, companies have begun shipping vaccines for the fall flu season One of the many benefits of vaccines in kids is Reduced antibiotic use.  Which in turn reduces antibiotic resistance buildup. Study has found NO link between aluminum adjuvants …

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