Health Alerts and News


World Health Day, 7th April 2026

World Health Day this year highlighted the importance of science and scientific collaboration in achieving health for all. The theme was "TOGETHER FOR HEALTH. STAND WITH SCIENCE.", 

Disease Outbreaks

  • Measles outbreak in the US: A total of 1487 confirmed cases of measles have been reported by the 32 US jurisdictions as per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The 32 jurisdictions include: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. 9 of the cases were reported among international visitors to the United States.  More here https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html


Clinical/Public Health Practice

  • New diagnostic tool recommended for Tuberculosis: WHO is recommending for the first time, new near-point-of-care (NPOC) molecular tests for the diagnosis of TB; easy-to-collect tongue swab samples to simplify and expand access to testing; and a cost-saving sputum pooling strategy to increase testing efficiency for TB and rifampicin-resistant TB. More here WHO recommends new diagnostic tool to help end Tuberculosis 


Effect of Middle East conflict