Up to 16% of respiratory samples collected at 2 Boston hospitals tested positive for tuberculosis DNA.
Chlorhexidine cut umbilical cord infection rates by 29% in low- and middle-income countries.
The findings of the online survey highlight the challenge of effectively communicating the threat of AMR to the public and explaining how unnecessary antibiotic use makes the problem worse.
Twenty years after the approval of the first HPV vaccines, studies continue to find new benefits.
While we were distracted by a recent success, vaccine-injury lawyer Aaron Siri submitted a petition demanding that hundreds of conditions be added to the Vaccine Injury Table.
Both Jess and established op-ed contributor Jake Scott, MD, bring distinct but highly complementary skill sets to improving how we respond to public health threats.
The two vaccines, VPM1002 and Immuvac, were evaluated in a trial involving 12,717 household contacts of recently diagnosed TB patients in India.
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The $119 million contract seeks to establish a US manufacturing site for the antibiotic and assess its potential as a treatment for plague and melioidosis.
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"It [vaccine shared decision-making directive] creates doubt if you now have to discuss it with your doctor."
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