Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in children and adolescents decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, infections have increased in the U.S. since September 2023 but still remain below pre-pandemic levels.
Nearly 80% of children in the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region received 2 doses of measles vaccine through routine immunization services, and 160 million children received their measles vaccine during supplementary immunization activities.
In January 2023, a shipment containing 540 nonhuman primates (NHPs) was imported from Southeast Asia; a total of 26 NHPs tested positive for Mycobacterium orygis.
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