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Literature update ViVa week 36-2026

1. Firearms remain America’s defining youth mortality crisis Summary: In this correspondence responding to a 2026 research letter, Bleyer, Liu, and Thomas analyzed 2024 CDC WONDER mortality data for U.S. residents aged...

9 September, 2026

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ViVa 36– Global outbreak status (09th September 2026)

Period covered: September 1–8, 2026. The most consequential event remains the rapidly expanding Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); other priority signals are ongoing mpox...

9 September, 2026

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ViVa 32– Global outbreak status (12th August 2026)

This is a global outbreak update based on the most recent accessible agency material as of August 11, 2026. PAHO issued a measles alert on August 7. China CDC and India’s National Centre for Disease Control did not...

12 August, 2026

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ViVa 30– Outbreak News (29th July 2026)

Europe West Nile virus in Europe: ECDC’s seasonal surveillance shows West Nile transmission is underway, with 81 locally acquired human cases across six countries and 35 affected areas reported as of 22 July 2026; Italy...

29 July, 2026

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Microbiology and infectious diseases in numbers

We share this planet with more microorganisms than we can meaningfully picture—and understanding just how small a fraction of them threatens us reframes how we think about vaccines, exposure, and immunity. A planet...

29 July, 2026

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The PPP of dengue vaccines: past, present, and pipeline

Background: recent event Brazil’s Ministry of Health has temporarily suspended the Butantan dengue vaccine (Butantan‑DV) as a precaution after a small number of serious suspected adverse events, including two deaths...

23 July, 2026

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Measles masquerading as “just fever” in nearly a third of Tanzanian cases — no rash, no suspicion, worse outcomes, and a diagnosis missed for two months

Summary This prospective case-control study enrolled 258 febrile inpatients and 48 controls at a rural Tanzanian hospital over one year (2023-2024), testing blood by PCR for 35 pathogens, culture, and serology. Measles...

15 July, 2026

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Five years after the global TB vaccine roadmap launched, progress is real but painfully thin

Summary This narrative review updates the 2021 Global Roadmap for tuberculosis (TB) vaccine research and development, assessing progress across three themes (pipeline diversification, preclinical/clinical acceleration...

14 July, 2026

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Global outbreak update: Key infectious disease events (13th July 2026)

Ebola virus disease (Bundibugyo, DRC) The Ebola outbreak due to the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to expand and is currently the most significant acute hemorrhagic fever emergency...

13 July, 2026

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Long COVID: An update for clinical practice

Long COVID: an update for your medical practice Long COVID is best conceptualized as one or several post‑infectious syndromes: a disease with a known trigger (SARS‑CoV‑2 infection) that develops in only a definable...

8 July, 2026

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