An epidemiologist from the World Health Organization said that the suspected hantavirus cluster aboard a cruise ship is not the beginning of another COVID-19 pandemic.
The World Health Organization characterized COVID as a global pandemic in March 2020.
Cases of Candida auris doubled in 2021, according to a new CDC report.
The CDC has called Candida auris an "urgent threat" because it is often multidrug-resistant, easily spreads through health care facilities and can cause deadly disease.
Maternal mortality rates have increased by 75% over the past 20 years in U.S.
"Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while 'monkeypox' is phased out," the organization said.
