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In 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 was the top cause of death for the region of the Americas.
The group also used the contaminated milk samples to examine heat treatment and refrigeration impacts.
The decline in care quality may have been due to staff shortages, a lack of personal protective equipment, and visitor policies that limited family support, the authors say.
The positive sample was from 1 of 96 culled dairy cows that were tested at slaughter, and none of the meat entered the food supply.
The outbreak has sickened 109 people in 29 states, according to the CDC.
The FLiRT variants are fueling new COVID-19 waves in some countries, but so far US markers don't show major upticks.
Also today the USDA confirmed 6 more outbreaks in dairy herds and announced 5 more poultry outbreaks, all from Minnesota.
A handful of innovative antimicrobials in the late stages of development could save up to 160,000 lives if made available, and used appropriately, in the countries where they're most desperately needed.
From October 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024, the United States has averaged 59 cases of mpox each week, mostly among unvaccinated people.
High-dose flu vaccine contains 4 times as much hemagglutinin as standard-dose flu vaccine.
Findings underscore the risk to dairy workers and suggest that contaminated milking equipment may be partly responsible for cattle-to-cattle spread.
The team is producing updated versions of the vaccine that more closely match strains circulating today.
The South Asian 2.3.2.1a clade is known to circulate in birds in India and Bangladesh.
The additions split the current genotypes of the mosquito-borne virus into "major" and "minor" lineages.
Tests on an eye swab were positive in testing at the CDC, though respiratory samples were negative.
Of the vaccinated patients, 97% had 2 doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
The child contracted the virus in India, which continues to report sporadic H5N1 outbreaks in poultry.
Recent healthcare system advancements such as higher vaccination uptake and public health interventions likely contributed to the decline, the authors say.
Two years into a global effort to tackle the problem, STIs are heading in the wrong direction, while HIV and viral hepatitis cases aren't falling quickly enough.
Officials have identified a fill-and-finish opening on a production line at a vaccine company partner and said the activity won't disrupt the supply of seasonal flu vaccine.
