Health Updates: Yellow Fever, H5N1 in China, Moderna COVID Booster
Originally Published 7 months ago — by CIDRAP
Recent health updates include a high yellow fever risk in the Americas with increased cases outside the Amazon, a human H5N1 case in China likely imported from Vietnam, Moderna's filing for an updated COVID vaccine targeting the LP.8.1 sublineage, a study suggesting that rubella vaccination in 19 countries could prevent nearly 1 million CRS cases by 2055, and WHO monitoring the emerging SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1 variant, which shows limited immune evasion and is under close observation.