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The vaccine produces a strong immune response against the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released another disappointing report on the state of the antibiotic development pipeline.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday reported 29 more monkeypox cases, raising the nation's total to 142.
So far 24 states and the District of Columbia have reported cases, up from 21 in the CDC's last update. The most affected states include California, New York, Illinois, and Florida.
Women had a broader symptom profile than men, who were more likely to have diabetes or kidney problems.
The United Kingdom today expanded monkeypox vaccination to include men who have sex with men who are in high-risk groups, instead of just those who are known contacts and those at occupational risk.
Researchers in Africa and Asia have been selected to lead an upcoming research project that will explore the interconnections between antimicrobial resistance and gender.
In Europe, 99.4% of patients are male, and 98.4% are men who have sex with men.
"We know millions of parents and caregivers are eager to get their young children vaccinated."
Rates of Kawasaki disease, a rare acquired cardiac condition in kids, fell nationally during peak COVID-19 transmission when control measures were in place, potentially providing a clue that multiple triggers and upper airway inhalation might be involved.
A study conducted in a network of urgent care and express care clinics in Iowa found that implementation of cascade reporting was associated with a significant decline in fluoroquinolone prescribing, researchers reported today in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology.
In global news, WHO advisers weigh in on the composition of modified COVID-19 vaccines to address variants.
Though the rate of Omicron long COVID appears to be lower, because the variant causes so much infection, a lot of people are still affected.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Researchers in Austria are reporting the identification of a second strain of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) gonorrhea.
Rates of COVID-19 hospitalization among adult Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities were almost 50% higher than rates among elderly beneficiaries with no disability, according to a study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Also, a new study finds a 4- to 17-day incubation period, which supports current isolation and contact-tracing guidance.
Flu vaccination rates fell 4.5 percentage points (from 43.7% to 39.2%) in states with below-average COVID-19 vaccination.
Levels of COVID-19 vaccination in 31 African countries in the first 5 months of 2022 show a significant rise in COVID-19 immunization among high-risk groups, officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said today at a briefing.
Pediatric urgent care (UC) centers involved in a multisite quality improvement (QI) study saw significant reductions in inappropriate antibiotics for three target diagnoses, a team of US researchers reported yesterday in Pediatrics.
"But it doesn't change our assessment of the current transmission route."
