There has been a notable increase in various infectious diseases in 2024. COVID-19 cases in the Bay Area have started to rise earlier than expected, driven by FLiRT variants, prompting updated guidelines on symptoms, testing, and isolation. In the UK, whooping cough has claimed the lives of 8 babies and sickened thousands, with over 100,000 deaths worldwide due to lack of vaccine access. The CDC reports 5,669 cases of whooping cough in the U.S. so far this year, surpassing the total number of cases reported in 2023. Mpox cases have also surged in the first few months of 2024, raising concerns of a summer outbreak. Activist groups are urging the Biden Administration to maintain free mpox vaccines, conduct a booster dose trial, and enhance surveillance. Additionally, Afghanistan and Pakistan have each reported five cases of wild poliovirus this year, nearly matching their total cases from 2023.
Two GPs told ChronicleLive how vital the pertussis vaccine can be in protecting vulnerable tots https://t.co/q3sZbwrzlj
COVID markers in California have begun their expected summer uptick, driven by FLiRT variants. Here’s a look at the latest guidelines for symptoms and testing. https://t.co/IbN6ZxvXbF
Activist groups @PrEP4AllNow and @STICKITINLA have called on the Biden Administration to keep the mpox vaccine free, conduct an RCT of a booster dose, and improve mpox surveillance. A major outbreak of a more pathogenic form of mpox in the DRC and an uptick of mpox in the U.S.… https://t.co/A2DXhwdvY9
Afghanistan, Pakistan report more wild poliovirus cases Both countries have now reported five cases this year, almost as many as they reported in 2023. https://t.co/7TwAcvEfln Photo: NIAID/Flickr cc https://t.co/tyaaIQcl9i
An update on this year's whooping cough increase, per @CDCgov's latest preliminary figures on reported pertussis There are now more cases reported so far this year (5,669) than all that were reported in 2023 by end of last year (5,611) https://t.co/URBVdXnK6r https://t.co/d9mw2I3Ujt https://t.co/FYlIo9JIaU
With mpox cases are up the first few months of 2024, there's concern that we may in for a summer surge. https://t.co/Tn2xUshKlW https://t.co/XlujVmIPzE
We’re just over halfway through the year and 8 babies in the UK have died of whooping cough, with thousands more sickened. This is preventable. Worldwide, that number is over 100,000. Those without access to vaccines lose their babies to preventable disease in staggering numbers… https://t.co/1pHvf3927s
How a summer uptick in COVID-19 numbers may have already started early in the Bay — and what to know about COVID-19 symptoms, testing, incubation and isolation guidance in 2024. https://t.co/zTD7y81GD1