Last Updated: May 24, 2024
Key Takeaways
- A second human case of influenza A(H5N1) associated with dairy cattle was reported in Michigan. As with the first case in Texas, only mild symptoms were reported.
- National COVID-19 rates are minimal, but epidemic models suggest that COVID-19 activity is beginning to increase. The same models suggest that COVID-19 in Virginia is ‘likely growing’.
- Other seasonal respiratory viruses are stable. Human metapneumovirus is the only seasonal virus with elevated activity in the region.
- Mpox rates are stable nationally. The more virulent clade I mpox has not yet been detected outside of Africa.
- There is an ongoing outbreak of pertussis in the Lexington, KY area.
- NOAA has released its seasonal outlook for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. They expect 17-25 named storms, 8-13 hurricanes, and 4-7 major hurricanes.
- A study in Nature reports that 2023 had the hottest summer in the northern hemisphere in at least the last 2,000 years.
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