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A drop in overall infections, hospitalizations, and deaths outweighed the risk from rare reports of myocarditis or pericarditis.
Adults with psychiatric disorders were hospitalized at a rate of 394 per 100,000 person-years.
Partially vaccinated and unvaccinated patients were at significantly higher risk for death in the Delta and Omicron periods.
Ten of the city's cases--which include both adults and children--are linked to an outbreak at a migrant shelter.
Some states in the Central and Midwest regions are reporting high or very high flu activity.
COVID vaccine effectiveness against heart failure and blood clots in the veins and arteries was 22%, 53%, and 45%, respectively, in the month after SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Data collected from 29 European countries revealed interactions between age, sex, and resistant bloodstream infections.
The test the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention uses to identify clade I mpox cases is 'most likely not reliable' for detection of the substrain identified in the study, the authors say.
Increasing pneumococcal vaccination in communities that face health inequities could help, the study's authors say.
In cholera developments, Comoros last month reported its first outbreak since 2008.
Researchers said a drop in sulfur dioxide levels might allow the bacteria to survive longer in aerosolized water droplets.
A total of 7% of infants in the vaccine group were born early, compared with 5% in the placebo group, a 37% difference.
The CDC said the cases are a reminder that vaccination is an important tool for preventing MIS-C, which can be severe or even fatal.
The most pronounced association was seen in men younger than 75 years, who had a 78% lower death rate (3% vs 14.0%).
Increased investment in TB control and prevention has helped reduce incidence in young people, but incidence of drug-resistant TB is rising.
Researchers say the introduction of typhoid conjugate vaccines in these countries could help protect communities, especially school-aged children.
Delayed care, resource constraints, and emergency department crowding by COVID-19 patients likely contributed to the worse outcomes, the authors say.
Since persistent cough is one of the primary symptoms that sets off the diagnostic process for TB, the findings suggest many patients could receive delayed diagnosis and treatment.
On average, healthcare providers more strongly agreed that scarce resources shouldn't be allocated to patients less likely to survive.
Local health workers are offering the MMR vaccine at other shelters as well as at the city's landing zone.
