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CWD has been confirmed at deer-breeding facilities in Hamilton and Frio counties.
Gonorrhea and chlamydia cases increased by 4% in 2021, while syphilis cases rose by 32%.
Worldwide, people with more traditional values reported taking more precautions during the pandemic.
The consequences of unmet care needs may include an increased risk of disability and lower health-related quality of life.
The administration launches a plan to speed new COVID vaccines and treatments, and President Biden signs a law declaring the COVID-19 emergency over.
Children's average weekday screen time rose an average of 1.35 hours during the first COVID-19 wave.
A study conducted in three Nigerian hospitals found that 43% of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates were resistant to all antibiotics tested.
Only 17.1% of the US population live within 15 minutes of a vaccination site, and 50% live more than an hour away.
The outbreak has now grown to 15 confirmed infections, 11 of which have proved deadly.
Officials weigh in on an H3N8 flu case in China, Togo confirms a pneumococcal meningitis outbreak, and Michigan is grappling with fungal infections tied to a paper mill.
Three condors were found dead from confirmed H5N1 infections, and five others showed symptoms, including neurological problems.
Infected women were more likely to need tracheostomy and ventilation and to have heart attack, sepsis, and blood clots.
The study authors suggest the strain's resistance to ceftriaxone is likely being driven by bystander resistance resulting from the use of ceftriaxone for treatment of gonorrhea.
The top three conditions were anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Peru has identified another paralysis case in a child and is awaiting test results for that patient as well as asymptomatic contacts of the first case.
Federal health officials urge seniors, pregnant women, and those with underlying health conditions to avoid eating raw enoki mushrooms.
In other developments, the WHO added XBB.1.9.1 to its monitoring list, a subvariant that is slowly rising in the United States and other countries.
The 30-day death rate was 5.97% for COVID-19 and 3.75% for flu, for an excess death rate of 2.23%.
Among the probiotic species analyzed, Bifidobacterium animalis and Lactococcus lactis had the highest proportion of ARG-positive samples.
The authors said findings support the importance of vaccinating women during and after pregnancy.
