Vaccination prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with a lower risk of hospitalization.
A randomized trial finds that a 6- to 9-month regimen of bedaquiline, delamanid, linezolid, and clofazimine worked better in pre-XDR TB patients with limited disease.
Economic losses from decreased milk production for 60 days and cow loss add up to $950 per animal, for a total of $737,500 for a single herd.
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