In other developments, Canadian officials announced that the D1.3 genotype was identified in recent samples from ostriches at the center of a firestorm over culling.
Data on the efficacy of RSV vaccines on women of childbearing age and on infants and children were more limited.
In-hospital death among nebulized-heparin recipients was 4%, compared with 14% in controls.
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