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Urgent CDC data and analyses on influenza and bird flu go missing as outbreaks escalate

HEALTHBEAT

CDC right now is not reporting influenza data through the WHO global platforms, FluNet [and] FluID, that theyve been providing information [on] for many, many years, Maria Van Kerkhove, interim director of epidemic and pandemic preparedness at the WHO, said at a Wednesday press briefing. About 7.7%

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Urgent CDC Data and Analyses on Influenza and Bird Flu Go Missing as Outbreaks Escalate

KFF Health News

. “CDC right now is not reporting influenza data through the WHO global platforms, FluNet [and] FluID, that they’ve been providing information [on] for many, many years,” Maria Van Kerkhove, interim director of epidemic and pandemic preparedness at the WHO, said at a Feb. 12 press briefing. About 7.7%

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Third measles death

Your Local Epidemiologist

2003: A 75-year-old traveler from California with pneumonia. But even in those large outbreaks, we did not see multiple deaths like this. Before this year, there had only been three measles deaths since 2000: 2015: A 28-year-old immunocompromised woman in Washington was exposed in a clinic.