A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report has noted a critical need to address deficiencies at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that “impaired the country’s ability to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and other public health crises and...

With the US declaring an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) as of May 11, 2023, CDC has updated its guidance to incorporate some changes: Although the public health emergency aspect of COVID is declared over, COVID has...

When events occur half a world away, we often see them as having no impact on our own lives or business. But if we consider the expanse of the global food supply chain, it is easier to see that such...

With the seasonal weather of the Southern Hemisphere opposite that of the Northern Hemisphere, the rates of seasonal diseases of the Southern Hemisphere can be predictive of the upcoming seasons in the North. To put this in perspective, the Southern...

On Tuesday, April 18, FDA rescinded authorization for the original monovalent COVID vaccines, instead authorizing the current bivalent vaccines (original and Omicron BA.4/BA.5 strains) to be used for all doses for those 6 months of age and older, including for...

With rising incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Europe for the first time in 20 years, as well as in parts of the U.S., COVID is getting at least part of the blame. The reduced surveillance of other infectious diseases, difficulties...

Two emerging infectious diseases have been in the news in recent weeks. While both have some potential for infecting workers, Marburg is primarily being seen in African Nations and Candida auris is of greatest threat to those with weakened immune...

In September 2020, CDC launched a National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) to help track the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. But it is not the first time that wastewater testing has been used to track disease through...

The summary of the NYT article entitled The Next Pandemic: Not if, but When stated “The new, aggressive pathogens in China and Saudi Arabia may or may not carve a deadly path to the West. But sooner or later, you...

The US is currently seeing some very positive downward trends in the various infectious diseases that TAG has been tracking: While this does leave us feeling a bit more comfortable about current infectious disease trends, it does not bode well...