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Infectious Updates 5-6-2025 [1]
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Date: 2025-05-06
Measles exposure alerts:
An infectious adult from out of state was at the St. Louis Aquarium on April 30, 1-6 pm is the time of risk.
An adult was at the Texas Rangers Game on April 19, and also several eateries before and after:
Pretty Burrito 500 Flower Mound Road #100 Flower Mound TX 4/19 from 10 am to 12 pm
Donut Plaza 1900 S Garden Ridge Blvd #102 Flower Mound TX 4/19 10 am to 12 pm
Rangers Republic at Texas Live! 1605 E Randol Mill Rd Arlington TX 4/19 2 pm to 5 pm
Globe Life Field 734 Stadium Drive Arlington TX 4/19 3 pm to 8 pm
Guitars and Growlers 400 Flower Mound Road Flower Mound TX 4/19 6 pm to midnight
Walmart 801 Main St Lewisville TX 4/19 10 pm to 4/20 1 am
Trietsch Memorial United Methodist Church 6101 Morriss Road Flower Mound TX 4/20 11 am to 2 pm
Winco Foods 1288 W. Main St Lewisville TX 4/21 8 pm to 11:30 pm
Pho Tay Do 1403 E. Campbell Road #104 Richardson TX 4/22 3 pm to 6:30 pm
Chicago also tracing possible exposure at O'Hare
Kansas measles cases spike
Measles may become endemic if vaccine uptake stays low.
Cases over 900, alternative treatments evaluated
Antibiotic resistance genes in farm air
World scientists urge more surveillance of H5N1 risks.
Continued investment in surveillance at the human-animal interface, and immediate sharing of unusual field observations and sequence data is essential for researchers worldwide to monitor virus dynamics effectively. Marion Koopmans, DVM, PhD "In the U.S. sporadic human infections with no known contact with infected animals highlight the possibility of viral adaptation for efficient human-to-human transmission," they write. "Concurrently, the virus continues to circulate in wild birds, backyard flocks, and hunted migratory species, further amplifying the risk to humans and domestic animals."
Elsewhere, the European Commission this week announced a procurement commitment with CSL Seqirus that would allow 17 countries the opportunity to buy up to 27,403,200 million doses of pandemic flu vaccine as part of pandemic flu preparedness. The agreement would secure the vaccine if the World Health Organization or European Union declares a flu pandemic.
Black and Hispanic adults are getting more flu shots, rural whites are getting fewer. Hmmmm.
Overall, between 2019 and 2022, overall influenza vaccination rates for older adults increased 0.7 percentage points (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.2 to 1.1), from 76.3% to 77.0%, the authors said. For White and Asian adults, percentages remained unchanged, but Black and Hispanic adults, especially those living in rural communities, saw a significant increase in uptake. Black adults with seasonal flu shots increased 7.0 percentage points (95% CI, 0.3 to 13.8) and Hispanic adults by 8.2 percentage points (95% CI, 0.8 to 15.5). In sharp contrast, White adults in rural areas saw uptake drop by 2 percentage points over the study period.
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