Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication --- Pakistan, January 2017-September 2018

Published on November 8, 2018

Pakistan remains one of only three countries worldwide that has never had interrupted wild poliovirus serotype 1 transmission.

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Hepatitis A Virus Outbreaks Associated with Drug Use and Homelessness --- California, Kentucky, Michigan, and Utah, 2017

November 1, 2018
The 2017 hepatitis A outbreaks among persons reporting drug use or experiencing homelessness reinforce the need to vaccinate people at risk for hepatitis A.

Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis - January 2017-June 2018

November 15, 2018
Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease), caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis, is acquired by drinking water containing copepods (water fleas) infected with its larvae.