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Red Book Online Outbreaks

November 30, 2023

Information and resource links for current infectious disease outbreaks. This section focuses on outbreaks that affect the pediatric population and that have been identified in multiple U.S. states; other outbreak types may be covered occasionally as situations warrant.

Outbreaks are reviewed weekly and updated when new information is available from the CDC.

Please take a few minutes to provide us with feedback on these Red Book Online Outbreaks pages: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RBOOutbreaks 

 


Updated 11/28/23 | Announced November 2023

Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Cantaloupes

CDC and public health officials in several states are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to cantaloupes.

 


Updated 11/28/23 | Announced November 2023

Listeria Outbreak Linked to Peaches, Nectarines, and Plums

CDC is currently investigating a multistate Listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to peaches, nectarines, and plums.

 


Updated 11/15/23 | Announced November 2023

Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Dry Dog Food

CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the US Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine (FDA CVM) are collecting different types of data to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Kiambu infections in people.

 


Updated 11/15/23 | Announced October 2023

Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Fresh Diced Onions

CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the FDA are collecting different types of data to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Thompson infections.

 


CDC, the Mexican Ministry of Health, and US state and local health departments are responding to a multinational outbreak of fungal meningitis among people who had procedures under epidural anesthesia in Matamoros, Mexico.

 


CDC is collaborating with the FDA and state and local health departments to investigate a multistate outbreak of an extensively drug-resistant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa linked to artificial tears.

 


Updated 11/30/23 | Announced May 2022

Monkeypox (mpox) Virus Outbreak 

In the United States, cases of mpox (formerly monkeypox) have declined since peaking in August 2022, but the outbreak is not over. Pediatric cases are rare (<0.1% of all cases).

 


Updated 11/30/23 | Announced May 2022

Hepatitis Cases Possibly Associated with Adenoviral Infection  

Access information regarding a cluster of children in the US who have been diagnosed with hepatitis possibly associated with an adenoviral infection.

 


Updated 11/9/23| Announced January 2019

Measles

Pediatricians are advised to monitor for outbreaks of measles in the US.

 


Updated 11/9/23 | Announced August 2014

Acute Flaccid Myelitis

Pediatricians are advised to monitor an increase in cases of acute flaccid myelitis since 2014 because, although the condition is rare, most cases have been in children.

 

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