As of Feb. 12, 910 confirmed measles cases were reported in the United States in 2026. Among these, 904 measles cases were reported by 24 jurisdictions: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York City, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
The Region IV Public Health Training Center is offering engaging 3-hour online workshopsin February and March designed to enhance your communication, conflict management, community engagement, and grant-writing skills!
Healthcare cybersecurity teams continue to add products to the arsenal each year, but these tools are often added faster than their supporting programs can be redesigned. Technology stacks grow, but staffing, processes, and integration don’t always keep pace. The organizations best positioned for what comes next are shifting away from product-driven thinking toward program-focused cybersecurity models. These programs are designed to withstand turnover, budget pressure, and repeated disruption without losing effectiveness.
Shaman Botanicals, LLC is voluntarily recalling one lot (Lot B# AAW.501.3) of Alkaloids Chewable Tablets—White Vein to the consumer level. Recent testing showed that the Alkaloids Chewable Tablets—White Vein product contains 7-Hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) in an amount more than the declared value of 7.5 mg/tablet. Use of the Alkaloids Chewable Tablets—White Vein product could result in consumers ingesting a higher dose than intended, which could result in adverse health effects.
IF Copack LLC d.b.a. Initiative Foods is recalling one lot of the Tippy Toes brand Apple Pear Banana Fruit puree due to elevated levels of patulin. Patulin is a naturally occurring substance (called a mycotoxin) which is produced by molds that may grow in various fruits, including apples. Long-term exposure resulting from ingestion of patulin can lead to various adverse health consequences, including a potential for immune suppression, nerve damage, headache, fever, and nausea.
Ambrosia Brands, LLC is recalling certain lots of its Rosabella Moringa Capsules product due to possible contamination with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
Identify, Isolate and Inform: It is important to continueto ask travel questions. The purpose of this notice is to remind healthcare providers about actions to take in Georgia when evaluating patients for possible serious communicable diseases.
Travel Clinical Assistant (TCA)
TheTravel Clinical Assistantprovides post-travel clinical information on travel-related diseases for 231 countries. Diseases with recent outbreaks occurring in the last two years are listed first.