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The Department of Energy, with "low confidence," says SARS-CoV-2 may have come from a lab, and a controversial doctors groups touts ivermectin for the flu and RSV.
The outbreak total remains at 9 cases: 1 confirmed , 4 probable , and 4 suspected.
In a related development, WHO experts recommended a new H5N1 candidate vaccine virus, while noting that current stocks are a good match against circulating viruses.
Visitors were estimated to contribute over 60% of the SARS-CoV-2 load to Las Vegas Strip sewers.
US influenza activity is still low, flu vaccine protection is moderate, and WHO advisers only tweak the makeup of next year's flu vaccine.
The authors conclude that some of the increased antibiotic prescribing may have been inappropriate.
Two years into the pandemic, US cancer screening rates still hadn't recovered to pre-crisis levels, putting millions at risk, new data reveal.
Indicators continue to decline, with the 7-day average for new daily cases down 9.2% from a week ago.
Molecular analysis of stool and rectal swab samples reveal widespread colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yemen, Mozambique, and Madagascar all recorded new cases.
Infections are rare and can be severe or fatal, but so far scientists don't see genetic changes that pose an increased threat to people.
Severe complications included necrotizing (flesh-eating) skin lesions, lung dysfunction sometimes accompanied by nodules, and secondary infections and sepsis.
Data show that use of proton-pump inhibitors increased hospital patients' risk of acquiring multidrug-resistant organisms by nearly 50%.
Two recent papers claim there are no differences between surgical masks and respirators for preventing the spread of respiratory diseases like COVID-19 and flu, but the articles are deeply flawed.
COVID-19 survivors with persistent symptoms are at more than double the risk of new-onset cardiovascular symptoms, suggests a meta-analysis.
US celebrity Twitter posts—especially those from politicians and news anchors—likely influenced the increasingly negative US public attitudes toward efforts to combat COVID-19.
Banning the routine use of medically important antibiotics in food-animal production was tied to a reduction in one type of antibiotic-resistant infection in people.
As proportions of recombinant Omicron subvariants rise, especially XBB.1.5, the WHO urged countries to step up surveillance and sequencing.
South Dakota, Tennessee, and Maine were the only states to score "very easy" or "fairly easy" in readability.
Implementing a multifaceted antibiotic stewardship intervention safely reduced antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infections in frail older adults.
