The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking nominations for members of its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which provides vaccine recommendations to the agency. The committee has been without proper staffing since a federal judge ruled in March that many members had been improperly appointed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The CDC is looking for nominees with scientific, clinical, and public health expertise, as well as those with knowledge of consumer and community perspectives on immunization programs.
West Virginia health authorities are investigating a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that has affected 41 people since September, with ages ranging from 3 to 54 years old. Five patients have required hospitalization. Investigators have not yet determined a common source for the outbreak. Officials are advising healthcare providers to consider Salmonella infection when treating patients with acute diarrhea and to report cases to local health departments. Meanwhile, four countries reported polio cases this week: the Democratic Republic of Congo identified seven vaccine-derived cases, Nigeria and Niger each reported one vaccine-derived case, and Pakistan reported one case of wild poliovirus.
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