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A meta-analysis of data from two trials found 6 months of levofloxacin in kids and adults exposed to MDR-TB was associated with a 60% relative reduction in TB incidence.
About half of the claims were related to COVID vaccine, but the vast majority of money paid for claims—$6.5 million—was for harms tied to the H1N1 flu vaccine.
A man from the outbreak area recently died following hemorrhagic fever symptoms, and samples have been sent to Kinshasa for testing.
In addition, the FDA has increased the case counts in 2 other multistate E coli outbreaks.
Africa CDC shared findings from a review of the response and said doses of the LC16 vaccine from Japan will arrive this week.
The affected animals were a mule deer buck harvested north of Columbus and a male white-tailed deer west of Nye.
Analysis of more than 13,000 older adults finds no increased risk of dementia or cognitive impairment among those who had taken antibiotics.
California's dairy farm outbreaks have spread beyond the Central Valley to the southern part of the state.
More than a third of infants 6 months and younger were not treated with antivirals when hospitalized for the flu.
The infection also marks the first US case with exposure to backyard poultry, which fits H5N1's global pattern.
The percentage of ED visits with a flu test ordered or provided increased in all age-groups but was highest among infants and children aged 5 years and younger.
The case was identified in a nursing home patient in North Carolina, but no transmission was detected.
The report urges citizens and healthcare workers not yet vaccinated against COVID-19 or seasonal flu to do so as soon as possible before next week's holidays.
The affected buck was harvested by a hunter on November 19 in the southeast corner of the reservation, which is located in northeastern Wisconsin.
Many participants believe that pharmaceutical firms and public health officials minimized the vaccines' side effects.
Also, the USDA reported more confirmations in cows, poultry, and other mammals and Labcorp announced the launch of its H5 molecular test.
Researchers found that SARS-CoV-2 clinical resistance to Paxlovid in the EPIC-HR study was infrequent, occurring in 6 of 530 treated participants (1.1%).
After problems with earlier samples, a fuller picture of the outbreak is emerging following another round of testing.
Differences were driven by improved response rates for patients with pneumonia who were treated with ceftolozane–tazobactam.
At six Veterans Affairs clinics, quarterly antibiotic use reports and adverse event letters were associated with lower antibiotic prescribing.
