Karen Mcclorey Hackett

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced details of a gastrointestinal illness (GI) outbreak on the Silversea Cruises ship Silver Ray. On January 16, 2025, the CDC reported that 38 guests and five crew members were ill among the 681 people onboard Voyage RA250104016. This data represents 6.6% of all people onboard the Silver Ray.

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The Houston Health Department (HHD) recently announced two measles cases associated with international travel. Both adults reside in the same Houston, Texas household and have unknown vaccination statuses. HHD stated these are the first reported measles cases in Houston since 2018. Texas experienced a travel-related measles outbreak in 2019, which led to 23 cases.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) recently confirmed that it closely supports Lassa fever-endemic countries in West Africa, such as Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. As of January 19, 2025, another Lassa fever outbreak, a rare, often fatal, viral hemorrhagic fever, was confirmed in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that the current cholera outbreak in the Republic of South Sudan has recorded 21,000 cases and 367 deaths. As of January 22, 2025, this cholera outbreak, which the government declared in October 2024, has been reported across seven states. The leading counties in this East African country are Rubkona, with 47% of total cases, followed by Juba, at around 10%.

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The Kingdom of Morocco has had a measles outbreak since September 2023. According to health officials, about 25,000 measles cases and 120 related fatalities have been reported in the northwest African country as of early 2025. Government Spokesperson Mustapha Baitas informed HESPRESS that most fatalities have occurred among children under five and older adults.