Last Updated: September 6, 2024
Key Takeaways
- The outbreak of clade Ib mpox in DR Congo and Burundi is ongoing. No new cases of the virus have been detected outside of Africa.
- The first shipment of 100,000 mpox vaccines has arrived in DR Congo. More are expected in the coming weeks. But the Africa CDC estimates they will need three million doses to end the epidemic.
- The CDC reports that nine of the 109 tested workers were infected with HPAI A(H5N1) after the July outbreak at a Colorado poultry plant.
- HPAI A(H5N1) was found in dairy herds in California and New Mexico.
- COVID-19 rates have stabilized nationally, but at an elevated level.
- Climate change may account for 50% of disaster expenses in the U.S. Some firms are declining to insure homes in climate risk areas.
- September may bring an increase in Atlantic hurricane activity.
- Surveys find increasing public acceptance of vaccine-misinformation.
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