Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)

11/19/2025

Experimental mRNA flu vaccine is more effective than conventional flu shot, but causes more side effects

In a phase 3 trial, participants who received the shot were 29% less likely to be diagnosed with flu than those who received a conventional flu shot.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-general/experimental-mrna-flu-vaccine-more-effective-conventional-flu-shot-causes-more

11/19/2025

US measles cases pass 1,750 as Utah-Arizona outbreak grows

Together Mohave County, Arizona and Southwest County, Utah, have 201 cases.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-measles-cases-pass-1750-utah-arizona-outbreak-grows

11/19/2025

More Indiana poultry operations hit with avian flu

Over the past 30 days, 88 flocks have been confirmed to be hit by avian flu.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/more-indiana-poultry-operations-hit-avian-flu

11/19/2025

Surveys find strong confidence in childhood vaccines but deepening partisan divides; most adults reject COVID shot

Overall, 63% of Americans say they are very confident that routine childhood vaccines are effective at preventing serious illness.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/surveys-find-strong-confidence-childhood-vaccines-deepening-partisan-divides-most-adults

11/19/2025

CIDRAP Op-Ed: RSV prevention—a remarkable medical achievement finally realized

Jake Scott, MD

The transformation to having tools to prevent RSV happened so quickly that many haven't grasped its magnitude

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv/cidrap-op-ed-rsv-prevention-remarkable-medical-achievement-finally

11/19/2025

WHO warns of rising, worrisome levels of drug-resistant gonorrhea

Data from a new surveillance report show rising resistance to ceftriaxone and cefixime, the two antibiotics currently recommended for gonorrhea treatment.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/gonorrhea/who-warns-rising-worrisome-levels-drug-resistant-gonorrhea

11/18/2025

New test promises faster, more accurate disease diagnosis, researchers say

The test had 91% sensitivity in detecting Borrelia burgdorferi.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/diagnostics/new-test-promises-faster-more-accurate-lyme-disease-diagnosis-researchers-say

Photo: James Gathany / CDC

11/18/2025

New online hub for antimicrobial resistance data launches

The AMR portal, launched today by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute, aims to make global AMR data more accessible and usable.

The AMR portal, launched today by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute, aims to make global AMR data more accessible and usable.

11/18/2025

Utah, South Carolina confirm more measles as CDC call suggests US elimination status in jeopardy

Today the South Carolina Department of Health reported 5 new cases in Spartanburg County.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/utah-south-carolina-confirm-more-measles-cdc-call-suggests-us-elimination-status-jeopardy

11/18/2025

Indiana tracks more avian flu outbreaks in poultry

APHIS also reported detections in smaller, backyard poultry flocks in Grady and McClain counties in Oklahoma.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/indiana-tracks-more-avian-flu-outbreaks-poultry

11/18/2025

hits another Richland County, Wisconsin, deer farm

Previous deer-farm cases were documented in the southwestern county in 2014 and 2018.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wasting-disease/cwd-hits-another-richland-county-wisconsin-deer-farm

Photo: Deb Watson / Flickr cc

11/17/2025

Ethiopia faces its first Marburg outbreak, which has proved deadly

Nine cases have been confirmed.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/marburg/ethiopia-faces-its-first-marburg-outbreak-which-has-proved-deadly

Photo: Microbe World/ Flickr cc