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Children at high risk for RSV are eligible for immunoprophylaxis administration during seasonal spikes, and guidelines recommend they receive RSV monoclonal antibodies.
Testing suggests viruses found in cats in Poland are related to those found in the country's poultry and wild birds.
Abundance of antibiotic resistance genes was highest in Africa and second highest in Southeast Asia.
Compared to the established CURB-65 risk-prediction tool, a deep-learning model had a higher specificity at the same sensitivity.
EU nations experienced record Legionnaire's disease cases in 2021, likely due to multiple factors.
Overall, 75% of studies included for review showed an increase in the number of incident cases of type 1 diabetes during the first 12 months of the pandemic.
The findings could help in the structure-based design of pan-coronavirus vaccines and therapies, the authors say.
Subgroup analysis found significant benefits for patients with cancer, cardiovascular disease, or both.
Hospitalization rates for COVID declined further, as did emergency department visits, and deaths held steady at a low level.
The recommendation stipulates that people can get a single dose of the vaccine based on shared clinical decision making, meaning it isn't recommended for everyone in the age group.
The review found that unlike earlier events, most patients in the current outbreak didn't have fever before blisters developed.
A lack of access to medical treatment and lack of knowledge about antibiotic resistance may influence getting antibiotics from unqualified sources.
The results track with earlier findings regarding disease burden, but the mechanisms behind the association need to be fleshed out.
The mosquitoes that tested positive were from the same woodland area in Sarasota County, where infections were confirmed in four people.
The study looked at 3 surges of COVID-19 activity, including 2 before vaccines were widely available.
Hospitalization and deaths are becoming more accurate markers, as countries scale back on testing and case reporting.
Incentives for manufacturers and hospitals, and a buffer inventory, are needed, a new report says.
Cases caused by Campylobacter, Listeria, Salmonella, and Shigella stayed the same, but those tied to Cyclospora, Escherichia coli, Vibrio, and Yersinia rose.
Sampling suggested that Omicron COVID-19 cases were up to 19 times higher than reported because of changes in clinical testing.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky accepts ACIP recommendations regarding the use of flu vaccines for the 2023-24 season.
