Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)

01/09/2026

US respiratory virus activity reaches high levels as flu, RSV spread

Cases rise as government leaders minimize the need for vaccines.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv/us-respiratory-virus-activity-reaches-high-levels-flu-rsv-spread

01/09/2026

Novel cholera vaccine shows promise in phase 1 trial

Investigators believe the genetically modified live attenuated vaccine could provide more potent immunity to cholera than the killed, whole-cell vaccines used in endemic areas and outbreak settings.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cholera/novel-cholera-vaccine-shows-promise-phase-1-trial

01/09/2026

Maternal , vaccination cuts risk of infant hospitalization, ED visits 70% to 89%, researchers estimate

But vaccine uptake was suboptimal, particularly for the flu vaccine.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/diphtheria/maternal-flu-tdap-vaccination-cuts-risk-infant-hospitalization-ed-visits-70-89

01/09/2026

Pfizer’s RSV vaccine safe to use during pregnancy, study suggests

The new analysis draws on data from more than 54,000 pregnancies.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv/pfizer-s-rsv-vaccine-safe-use-during-pregnancy-study-suggests

01/08/2026

FDA needs sharper focus on foodborne-illness prevention, accountability office says

Gaps remain in implementing the rules established in the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/foodborne-disease/fda-needs-sharper-focus-foodborne-illness-prevention-accountability-office-says

01/08/2026

Quick takes: Funds for vaccines targeting filoviruses, pneumococcal disease, and HIV

There are two licensed vaccines for Ebola virus, but no vaccines are licensed for Sudan virus or Marburg virus.

There are two licensed vaccines for Ebola virus, but no vaccines are licensed for Sudan virus or Marburg virus.

01/08/2026

Today, the Vaccine Integrity Project announced an independent review of the HPV vaccine.

The review will be conducted using transparent methods, and the findings will be made publicly available.

This effort comes at an important moment for vaccine policy in the United States - a time when political appointees in Washington are making vaccine policy decisions unsupported by facts.

The goal is to ensure that policymakers, clinicians, and the public have an accurate, evidence-based understanding of what the data show about the HPV vaccine.

The Vaccine Integrity Project also announced the creation of a new Board of Advisers (https://vaxintegrity.cidrap.umn.edu/about-us/board-advisers) of nationally recognized leaders in medicine, public health, research, policy, and communications to help guide this work.

01/08/2026

Study: 87% of primary care providers say drug shortages lower quality of care

The perceived prevalence of drug shortages was high, at 88%.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/resilient-drug-supply/study-87-primary-care-providers-say-drug-shortages-lower-quality-care

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01/08/2026

Vaccine Integrity Project will conduct independent review of HPV vaccine

The announcement comes amid growing uncertainty around US vaccine policy.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-integrity-project/vaccine-integrity-project-will-conduct-independent-review-hpv-vaccine

01/08/2026

Louisiana logs first case in Concordia Parish wild deer

The infected buck was taken by a hunter in the Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Area.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wasting-disease/louisiana-logs-first-cwd-case-concordia-parish-wild-deer

Photo: Kenneth Cole Schneider / Flickr cc

01/07/2026

High-dose rifampin fails to cut tuberculous meningitis deaths, may worsen outcomes

Roughly half of TB meningitis patients die or incur severe, permanent damage.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis/high-dose-rifampin-fails-cut-tuberculous-meningitis-deaths-may-worsen-outcomes

Photo: NIAID

01/07/2026

Utah confirms 20 new measles cases as US cases in 2025 top 2,100

The 2,144 confirmed US measles cases for all of 2025 reflect an increase of 79 infections.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/utah-confirms-20-new-measles-cases-us-cases-2025-top-2100

Photo: Mike Blyth / Wikimedia Commons