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Temperature probes increased the risk of infection nearly 7 times.

Two other health workers may have had similar exposure after treating the UK's second monkeypox patient.

Some health workers were not wearing adequate personal protective equipment, the report says.

The patient is a Nigeria resident who likely contracted the infection there before traveling to the United Kingdom.

The patient is thought to have contracted the disease while in the Middle East.

Former smokers had triple the risk, while those with more than 6 sex partners had a sixfold risk.

As lawmakers consider changes to nonmedical vaccine exemptions, report highlights measles outbreak burden on health departments and taxpayers.

COPD patients often get multiple courses of antibiotics that may be inappropriate.

Patients incorrectly labeled as allergic to penicillin are more likely to receive broad-spectrum antibiotics, a practice that promotes resistance.

Public info campaigns may at times increase demand for antibiotics, study finds.