Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) infection is a risk for certain travelers and any laboratory workers who work with the virus. A TBE vaccine was licensed for the first time in the United States in 2021. CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has issued new recommendations for use of the vaccine.
Vaccination coverage among kindergarten children (93%) remains lower than the pre-pandemic level (95%), while vaccination exemptions increased to 3% — the highest vaccination exemption rate ever reported in the United States.
During 2021–2022, the number of illnesses linked to a multidrug-resistant strain of Salmonella Newport increased. The illnesses were linked to travel to Mexico, U.S. beef products, and cheese from Mexico.
By 2022, Guinea worm disease was endemic in only five countries. Human cases decreased from 3.5 million in 1986 to 13 in 2022, the lowest yearly total ever reported. Animal infections, however, did not decline at the same rate.
Flu vaccination coverage was 81% among health care personnel (HCP) at acute care hospitals and 47% among HCP at nursing homes during the 2022-23 respiratory virus season. Up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination coverage was lower than flu with 17% COVID-19 vaccination coverage at acute care hospitals and 23% among those at nursing homes.
During the 2018-19 season, 90% of health care personnel (HCP) working in acute care hospitals received a flu vaccine. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the percentage of HCP vaccinated against flu decreased to 86% in 2020-21 and to 81% in 2022-23.
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