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Fewer households reported family members catching a cold (46% vs 61% for usual care) when kids were given saline drops.
Two factors were tied to increased risk of long COVID through 18 months: age 12 years or older and being infected with the original or Alpha strain.
Climate change will have increasing effects on public health and food security over time, the authors say.
Minnesota reported 10 more measles cases in an outbreak mainly centered in unvaccinated children in the Twin Cities.
A second study shows that men infected with the strains of HPV associated with cervical cancer have evidence of sperm death and lower rates of fertility.
Researchers say evidence from systematic reviews supports short-course treatments for conditions like non-ICU community-acquired pneumonia.
Of particular concern is the finding of Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5-like viruses in mink on a farm tied to a pneumonia outbreak, the authors say.
Seventeen patients with nonspecific symptoms such as fever and headache were ultimately diagnosed as having Wetland virus.
Researchers estimate that 66 million unnecessary outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in 2022 contributed the same emissions as driving a gas-powered car around the earth 194 times.
The source of the woman's infection isn't known.
Seven percent of patients were diagnosed as having long COVID.
The DRC's health ministry could begin deploying the vaccine, donated by the European Commission, this weekend.
The guidance sets targets aimed at limiting concentrations of antibiotic residues in liquid effluent and solid waste from antibiotic manufacturing sites.
Vaccine effectiveness was just as high among participants aged 75 years and older as it was in those 60 and older.
The analysis also found high levels of community deaths in some countries, which highlights serious gaps in treatment.
For COVID-19 diagnosis, wearables were accurate 88% of the time.
Participants with a significantly higher likelihood of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine were older and were previously vaccinated against the flu.
Researchers find that high-income countries saw the most significant increase in gender mortality gaps.
The step paves the way for purchase and shipping, as other factors fall into place.
A commentator likened the drug's effects to those of a vaccine against the indirect effects of a pathogen, without waning over time.
