Florida now has 73 cases of locally acquired dengue and 136 imported cases.
Preventive steps included administering antibiotics and the Cyfendus vaccine, and none of the 13 people exposed to anthrax via livestock contracted the disease.
An 18-year-old welding apprentice in Louisiana represents the ninth known case of welder's anthrax in the US.
Illnesses in the DRC and Uganda follow reports of buffalo and rhino deaths in Virunga National Park.
Cases are declining in some hot spot countries, as officials warns that nations outside Africa are still reporting imported cases.
Though anthrax is endemic in these countries, the Bacillus anthracis bacterium usually causes only small seasonal outbreaks.
Zambia is reporting by far its most widespread anthrax outbreak ever, with 684 suspected cases and 4 deaths.
The updates include an expanded list of alternative drugs and the prevention and management of anthrax meningitis.
Emergent BioSolutions said in a news release late last week that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review an adjuvanted version of its anthrax vaccine for post-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) of anthrax.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an update yesterday that it has concluded its investigation into a 10-state outbreak of Escherichia coli linked to contaminated clover sprouts that sickened 51 people, up 12 from the agency's Mar 19 update.
