This edition includes a Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda, the trajectory of the global H5N1 panzootic, and the public health emergency response to states hit by Hurricane Helene. FEATURED Rwanda Confirms Cases of Marburg Virus Disease, Steps Up Preventive Measures…

Tackling Misinformation and Distrust is Key to Improving Public Health Communication for the Next Pandemic

Health Risks Rising in Mountain Areas Flooded by Hurricane Helene

FDA Launches Health Care at Home Initiative

Public Health

Health Workers Fear It’s Profits Before Protection as CDC Revisits Airborne Transmission

What’s Going on with Syphilis Rates in the US?

Pandemic Pushed 510,000 Kids in U.S. Into Grandparents’ Homes

Tuberculosis: New Operational Handbook on TB Infection Prevention and Control

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Department Use in British Columbia

With Mississippi Declared Endemic Area for Melioidosis Pathogen – Public Health Needs Support to Respond

UK Decides on Earlier Fall Push for Flu Vaccines, COVID Boosters

Large Spike in Deaths in China After Easing of Zero-COVID

Distrust Undermined the U.S. Pandemic Response and Continues to Erode Healthcare

The Painful Pandemic Lessons Facing the New CDC Director

Much of the CDC is Working Remotely. That Could Make Changing the Agency Difficult.

Study: Cash Incentives and Lotteries Do Little to Increase Adult Vaccinations

Black Veterans Hospitalized with COVID-19 Less Likely to Receive Treatments Than White Veterans

Long COVID: National Academies’ Panel Examines Long-Term Health Effects of COVID-19

Does the Current Monkeypox Outbreak Qualify as an Epidemic, PHEIC, or Pandemic?

Poliovirus Detected in London Sewage: Response Measures Emphasize Wastewater Surveillance and Vaccination Gaps

Mpox Diagnostics: CDC Authorizes Five Commercial Lab Companies

Resurgent COVID-19, Flu and Other Viruses are Pushing New Zealand’s Health System to the Limit

Politics and Pandemic Fatigue Doom California’s Covid Vaccine Mandates

Design Phase Kicks Off for New $750M Wadsworth Public Health Laboratory

Biodefense Headlines – 29 September 2024

40th NRL Workshop on Infectious Disease Testing

The Changing DEI Legislation and Policy Landscape and Its Impact on Health and Public Health’s Workforce

Review of CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Research and Communications Meeting 3

Potential Research Priorities to Inform Readiness and Response to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1)

A Long COVID Diagnosis: Implications for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences