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Researchers surveyed 15,696 respondents in 17 countries in Africa and the Western Pacific.
The researchers say the findings suggest that US rapid antigen testing recommendations should include throat specimens.
At 12 months, 20.3% of COVID-exposed children and 5.9% of the controls received a diagnosis of neurodevelopmental delay.
Post-traumatic stress disorder was the most common psychiatric condition, affecting 26% of patients.
Data from seven US sites show a 24% decrease in adjusted CRE incidence in 2020 compared with 2016.
In 2022, the EU backed a plan to introduce vaccination in poultry, starting with France, which began the practice this fall.
The Home Test to Treat program offers home COVID and flu testing, telehealth visits, and treatment—if needed—for uninsured and underinsured adults.
The use of complementary respiratory virus tracking tools in schools, including air sampling, may help detect outbreaks.
Prior infection from a clade 2 infection, as well as vaccination, could decrease the impact on at-risk groups.
The latest outbreaks range from Arkansas broiler farms to a California duck producer.
When compared with White counterparts, Hispanic patients had a higher mortality risk.
Further delays would have cost even more lives, the researchers say.
Overall, total mortality increased 77% in 2020 relative to 2019.
After infection, anxiety scores were significantly higher, while depressive distress scores were significantly lower.
The level is slightly higher in school-age kids, but similar to the prepandemic period.
All deer at the facility had earlier been euthanized, and testing revealed no additional CWD cases.
Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, or doxy-PEP, could help slow rising rates of chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhea, but experts say antibiotic resistance will need to be monitored.
Occupancy decreased for surgical patients when COVID-19 admissions increased, as many surgeries were put on hold.
Utah officials say the prion disease, which is found in deer and other cervids, appears to be spreading in the state.
Pediatric hospital bed occupancy is approaching levels seen last year due to multiple respiratory illnesses.
