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The largest portion is earmarked for regional, state, and local preparedness. Meanwhile, the virus struck more flocks in 2 states and is suspected in a die-off in Pennsylvania snow geese.
The results demonstrate that the condition affects young people as well as old, the authors say.
The guidelines recommend a 4-month drug regimen for adults and children with drug-susceptible TB, and a 6-month regimen for those with drug-resistant TB.
Researchers also find that patients with penicillin allergy labels are more likely to get broad-spectrum antibiotics and have a higher risk of resistant infections and adverse events.
Pakistan has 3 new wild poliovirus type 1 infections, while the DR Congo and South Sudan report more vaccine-derived cases.
Roberts County is located in the Texas Panhandle, a 26-county region in the northernmost part of the state bordered by New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Meanwhile, several states report more poultry outbreaks, Ohio issues a wild-bird alert, and the FDA announces a plan to test raw milk cheese.
Under 7% of dialysis patients are current with COVID vaccines, underscoring the need for antiviral treatments for patients with kidney disease.
Health departments in 14 states reported 91 norovirus outbreaks in the first week of December.
The survey of adults in 6 African nations finds 33% are reluctant to receive the mpox vaccine and 39% of parents are reluctant to have their children vaccinated.
Though the reports yield timely, useful clues, experts note important lessons, lingering questions, and concerns about preparedness.
From 2011 to 2022, average annual incidence of the rare bacterial zoonotic disease increased by 56% over the previous surveillance period.
Eighteen workers with blastomycosis were hospitalized (12%), and 1 patient died.
Though testing can't pinpoint a source, recent detections in Arizona have involved only the wild bird genotype.
Vaccine effectiveness was similar across disease severity levels.
A review and meta-analysis of data from 28 countries found significant increases in resistance to clarithromycin, metronidazole, and amoxicillin from 2020 to 2023.
Among community-dwelling older adults in Ontario, longer outpatient antibiotic courses were not associated with a greater risk of harm or than shorter courses.
Approximately 40% of participants did not seroconvert or achieve a conservative neutralization threshold post-vaccination.
Further tests found seasonal flu, rhinovirus, COVID, and other common respiratory viruses, alongside malaria and complications from malnutrition.
The changes seen were likely generated by replication of this virus in the patient rather than primarily transmitted at the time of infection, the authors say.
