Summary In week 51, claims for bronchiolitis in infants continued to decline, while claims for influenza increased.

Summary In week 51, there was an increase in bronchiolitis surveillance indicators and activities involving children under 2 years of age.

Trends in Overall Activity: The number of visits and hospitalizations has risen slightly among children under 2 years of age (+5%, or 1,217 more visits; +3%, or 110 more...

Summary During the second week of December (December 8–14, 2014 – Week 50), the number of deaths recorded by civil registry offices was in line with expectations for this period....

Highlights The WHO reports a total of 19,348 cases (suspected, probable, and confirmed) and 7,524 deaths in the four currently affected countries in West Africa (Guinea, Liberia,...

Headlines What Will This Winter’s Flu Season Look Like? The goal of the flu vaccine is to limit the number of severe cases admitted to intensive care and the number of deaths. That is...

Mortality: The number of recorded deaths is in line with the figures typically observed during this period. Emergency room visits by vulnerable populations: Emergency room activity for...

Over the past week in the region: The dynamics of the bronchiolitis outbreak in the western part of the region have changed, with a significant increase in visits to the pediatric...