Assessment of State, Local, and Territorial Zika Planning and Preparedness Activities --- United States, June 2016--July 2017

Published on September 6, 2018

Health departments need to be prepared for and adapt to emerging public health challenges such as the 2015-2016 Zika virus epidemic.

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Notes from the Field: Fatal Vibrio anguillarum Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient - Maine, 2017

August 30, 2018
In July 2017, an immunocompromised woman aged 65 years admitted to a emergency department in Maine was found to have Vibrio anguillarum and developed septic shock and multiorgan failure, dying 2 days after admission.

Sentinel Surveillance for Congenital Rubella Syndrome --- India, 2016--2017

September 13, 2018
The Indian Council of Medical Research and the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare initiated laboratory-supported surveillance for congenital rubella syndrome in five sentinel sites in November 2016.