United States: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is examining five hospitalization cases among patients who received the chikungunya virus disease-preventing vaccine. 

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The centers posted an information notice on their provider vaccine page revealing that the patients admitted to hospital care experienced cardiac or neurologic complications after receiving IXCHIQ vaccination, according to the CDC. 

The transmission of the Chikungunya virus occurs through mosquito bites, which infect humans. 

People above the age of majority typically do not take the vaccine, while particular travelers have a chance of vaccine recommendation when there is a high risk for mosquito-borne disease exposure, CNN Health reported. 

What are the experts stating? 

According to the CDC’s online statement, “This topic will be discussed at an upcoming meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Healthcare providers should discuss the benefits and risks of vaccination with individual travelers based on their age, destination, trip duration, and planned activities,” CNN Health reported. 

According to a draft meeting agenda, the chikungunya vaccine and surveillance for adverse events were supposed to be examined in an ACIP session on Wednesday. However, the meeting has since been postponed. 

Furthermore, Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and ACIP liaison, noted that the CDC investigation is an example of the agency’s vaccine surveillance system “working excellently and sending out a signal” in detecting rare events that might deserve further investigation. 

“And, of course, the CDC and the local people who are taking care of these patients are working on that now, which is entirely appropriate. That’s the way the system is supposed to work,” Schaffner added. 

Therefore, “Remember, we’re still trying to work out whether this is a causal relationship or a coincidental one,” he noticed regarding the investigation, in which he is not directly involved. 

“Let’s not draw any conclusions yet. That’s why they’re doing the investigation,” he continued. 

United States: The outbreak of Listeria began from frozen supplemental milkshakes distributed to healthcare facilities, leading to twelve deaths among thirty-eight reported cases throughout twenty states, as the FDA announced in late February. 

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Medical staff from the Department of Public Health verified that the outbreak had spread to Connecticut residents and confirmed that their patients had made full recoveries. 

As a DPH spokesperson notified, “Any individual or facility with Sysco Imperial or Lyons ReadyCare frozen supplement shakes should throw them away or return them to the place of purchase,” sheltonherald.com reported. 

“DPH also recommends cleaning your refrigerator, containers, or surfaces that may have touched the recalled products. Listeria can easily survive in the refrigerator and easily spreads to other foods and surfaces,” the statement by officials read. 

What have the officials stated? 

Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. of Indiana produces 17 contaminated shake products that fall under Lyons ReadyCare and Sysco Imperial Frozen Supplemental Shakes brand names. 

The distributor, Lyons Magnus LLC, issued a voluntary recall of the shakes on February 22 following the discovery of the outbreak. 

Listeria was discovered in frozen supplemental shakes for the first time in November 2024 among residents of long-term care facilities. 

The outbreak began in 2018, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), because investigators at that time were unable to detect the origin of contamination. 

The distribution company stated that “the recalled products were distributed primarily to long-term care facilities and were not available for retail sale,” sheltonherald.com reported. 

Know about Listeria infection 

Although rare, Listeria infections pose increased dangers to newborn infants, pregnant mothers, and adults over 65 years old. 

People develop symptoms starting two weeks after exposure to Listeria, and these symptoms may include fever and diarrhea followed by vomiting, neck stiffness, and convulsions. 

FDA authorities connected listeria outbreaks involving contaminated shake containers to residents of Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and West Virginia together with Connecticut. 

Furthermore, “People should call their health care provider right away if they experience any of these symptoms after drinking a recalled shake,” the DPH spokesperson stated. 

United States: At this time, experts warn about a growing public health emergency because vaccination rates continue to lower while childhood diseases reemerge, and the new health secretary vehemently opposes vaccines. 

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Texas, together with New Mexico, has documented about 100 measles cases since the beginning of the year as experts worry that this transmissible dangerous condition might be returning. 

According to the warning from leading pediatrician and immunologist Paul Offit, “the measles is the canary in the coal mine,” while highlighting the fall in vaccination rates since the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The increasing mistrust directed at health organizations and pharmaceutical businesses leads many parents to leave their children unvaccinated. 

Vaccinations for mandatory measles continue decreasing in preschoolers nationally, from 95 percent in 2019 to below 93 percent in 2023. 

The vaccination coverage in Idaho keeps falling dramatically as its rates reach under 80 percent, medicalxpress.com reported. 

What are the experts stating? 

Health experts predict the vaccine safety situation will deteriorate if new Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. implements his advocacy for vaccine misinformation and his criticism against vaccine safety. 

“It is a disaster waiting to happen, and it will happen,” Offit added. 

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Local news reports death cases of whooping cough children in Louisiana. Medical experts link the recent increase in measles cases with vaccine exemptions in the same manner that they link the rise of whooping cough. 

According to Jennifer Herricks, a scientist and board member of the nonprofit Louisiana Families for Vaccines, “This is already happening. Our immunization rates are already low enough that vulnerable children are getting these diseases,” medicalxpress.com reported. 

Public trust declined due to inconsistent mask guidance and enduring lockdowns and vaccine requirements, even after proof emerged that vaccination did not block full viral transmission, according to Dr. Birmingham. 

“We might have done better by just continuing to encourage people to be vaccinated than requiring it,” Hughes stated. 

The mistakes were blown out of proportion by an overwhelming misinformation wave that spread widely through the era of social media and podcasting.