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We’re Living in a Tick Nightmare. It’s Time to Go to War.

By: Jonathan Mingle β€”
With ticks, we’ve barely begun to fight back. The longer we wait, the more territory they will claim across both our geographic and psychic maps.
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American Hantavirus Patient Ordered to Stay in Quarantine Despite Plans to Leave

By: Sonia A. Rao β€”
An American from the hantavirus-infected cruise ship, who said she had tested negative for the disease, has been ordered to remain in an Omaha quarantine facility for two more weeks.

The Davis Global Center, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus in Omaha, houses the National Quarantine Unit.

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Citing Ebola Outbreak, U.S. Restricts Entry From Congo, Uganda and South Sudan

By: Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Maggie Haberman β€”
The order is in effect for 30 days and does not apply to American citizens or U.S. service members.

A Customs and Border Protection officer at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

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Ebola Was Identified in Congo Weeks Before W.H.O. Declared an Emergency

By: Ruth Maclean β€”
Early surveillance and testing failed to identify the rare species of Ebola responsible for the current outbreak. An American doctor is among the confirmed cases.

At a hospital in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of a new Ebola outbreak.

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What to Know About the Vaccines Cut From C.D.C. Recommendations

By: Maggie Astor, Dani Blum and Teddy Rosenbluth β€”
Federal health officials upended the immunization schedule for American children this week. These are the diseases affected.

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Hepatitis B Vaccine, Once a Public Health Win, Is Under Threat From RFK Jr.

By: Dani Blum β€”
Rates of the disease have fallen since 1991, when all newborns began receiving the shot. President Trump recently said he thought children should not get it until age 12.

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RFK Jr.’s Handpicked Vaccine Advisers Are Set to Meet for the First Time

By: Apoorva Mandavilli β€”
The reconstituted C.D.C. panel will revisit the standard vaccination schedule. The former head of an anti-vaccine group is now a special federal employee.

At least half of the eight new members of a C.D.C. panel, who are meeting for the first time on Wednesday, have expressed some skepticism about vaccines.

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CDC Issues New Advice on Covid Vaccines for Children That Contradicted RFK Jr.

By: Christina Jewett β€”
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday that the vaccine would no longer appear on the childhood immunization schedule. C.D.C.’s update counters his policy.

A dose of the pediatric Covid vaccine in Charlotte, N.C., in 2021. The shots will remain available to children who have a conversation with their doctor, a practice the agency calls β€œshared decision-making.”

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Is New York Prepared for a Bird Flu Pandemic?

By: Joseph Goldstein β€”
The health care system has stockpiles of medicine and has worked out β€œa lot of the kinks” since the Covid pandemic. But experts still have some concerns about a bird flu outbreak.

Bird flu has not been transmitted between people, but health care officials are getting ready, just in case.

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Unvaccinated and Vulnerable: Children Drive Surge in Deadly Outbreaks

By: Stephanie Nolen β€”
About 60 million β€œzero-dose children” have not received any vaccines and have aged out of routine immunization programs. Protecting them will require a costly vaccination blitz.

Deborah Sebi, right, a nurse at a mobile clinic in Teshie, a fishing village in Ghana, prepared an immunization for Rebecca Bamembaye’s 3-month-old, Doris.

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