Bubonic, meningitis, measles: 12 notable infection outbreaks, updates in June

Here are 12 infection outbreaks, warnings and updates Becker's covered in June:

Outbreaks and warnings:

1. The Colorado Health Department identified a new case of bubonic plague contracted by an individual in Montezuma County.
   
   
2. Fungal infections are on the rise — in part due to more people with compromised immune systems and deadly pathogens adapting to warmer temperatures — and physicians need to be ready.
   
   
3. The death toll from fungal meningitis outbreaks at two clinics in Matamoros, Mexico, now stands at seven. Public health officials are struggling to track and test nearly 200 people in the U.S. who may be at risk for fungal meningitis tied to cosmetic procedures performed at the two clinics.
   
   
4. Health experts are cautiously monitoring EU.1.1, a new SARS-CoV-2 subvariant the CDC started tracking this week. So far, experts said they have not seen anything that raises red flags.
   
   
5. The New Mexico Department of Health reported another case of Hantavirus, the state's sixth case since 2023 began, as well as a second death from the virus.
   
   
6. After 16 confirmed cases of measles in the U.S., 88 percent of which were linked with international travel, the CDC on issued a health advisory warning about the uptick.

Updates:

1. The CDC will start tracking cronobacter infections in 2024 following a recommendation from a national epidemiologist council.
   
   
2. Cases of the bacteria that causes brain-eating amoeba infections, Naegleria fowleri, are continuing to increase in several U.S. states. Find seven updates on the amoeba here.
   
   
3. Minnesota is the first U.S. state to report mpox cases this summer, with two confirmed infections, the state's department of health reported June 9. Find six mpox updates here.
   
   
4. In a new report, the CDC analyzed 192 hospitalizations associated with Candida auris and found an estimated crude mortality rate of 34 percent.
   
   
5. New CDC data shows since 2019, hospital fungal infections have increased by 8.5 percent.
   
   
6. Flu season is underway in the Southern Hemisphere, and public health experts are looking at early data that may signal what could be ahead for the U.S. this fall. One notable change so far: Data shows there's an uptick in influenza B.