H5N1 Hits Idaho Dairy Cattle Again as US Measles Reaches 164 Cases and Congo Probes Mystery Clusters
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Three infectious disease situations are unfolding at once. H5N1 avian influenza has returned to Idaho dairy cattle, the first detection there since October, lifting the US outbreak to roughly 977 affected cases across at least 17 states, with the virus also turning up in cats, pet food and chicken flocks in New York and Wyoming. US measles cases in 2025 have climbed to 164 across nine jurisdictions, about 95% among unvaccinated or unknown-status patients, with roughly 20% hospitalized and one death; HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has called the MMR vaccine critical and coordinated CDC and Texas support. In the Democratic Republic of Congo's Equateur province, two unexplained disease clusters have caused about 53 deaths; Marburg and Ebola are ruled out and some cases tested positive for malaria. Investigations into the Congo clusters remain open.
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Idaho has confirmed H5N1 avian influenza in dairy cattle for the first time since October, bringing the US total to about 977 cases across at least 17 states, with the virus also found in cats, pet food and chicken flocks in New York and Wyoming. US measles cases in 2025 have reached 164 across nine jurisdictions, about 95% in unvaccinated or unknown-status patients, with about 20% hospitalized and one death; HHS Secretary RFK Jr. called the MMR vaccine critical and coordinated CDC and Texas support. Two unexplained disease clusters in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Equateur province have caused about 53 deaths, with Marburg and Ebola ruled out and some cases malaria-positive.
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