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The average time between discharge and death was 9 days.
The new UK mpox patient is another member of the index case's household.
A systematic review and meta-analysis finds a substantial proportion of infants younger than 3 months in low- and middle-income countries are colonized with resistant pathogens.
The greatest levels of trust were seen among men, those with university degrees and high median outcomes, and those who had lost someone to COVID-19.
Among physicians in Washington state, high prescribers of opioids were 2.9 times more likely to be high prescribers of antibiotics, and vice versa.
The report also spotlights the urgency of vaccines for pathogens such as group A Streptococcus and Klebsiella pneumoniae, which are increasingly resistant to antimicrobials.
Officials say the virus is highly infectious in households with close contact, so the illnesses aren't unexpected.
About 2% of antibiotic prescriptions over the study period were connected to RSV diagnoses, especially in seniors and infants.
The newly affected regions are Deer Hunt Areas 31 and 94 and Elk Hunt Area 126.
In related developments, the USDA reported more dairy cow and poultry outbreaks, as Los Angeles Country announced its first H5 wastewater detection.
The infections were caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII (TMVII), a sexually transmitted fungus that causes ringworm.
A hunter harvested the elk next to the lower Ruby Valley, which has a high prevalence of the fatal prion disease in white-tailed and mule deer.
PAHO says it will provide countries in the Americas with affordable access to respiratory syncytial virus vaccine.
Among about 9 million healthcare personnel working in more than 4,000 acute care hospitals, flu vaccine coverage was 81%.
One study found a 25% and 42% higher risk of long COVID among obese and severely obese children, respectively.
All patients required hospitalization, and 7 died from complications.
Expanded screening criteria helped a New York City hospital identify more patients who were colonized with the multidrug-resistant fungus.
Studies conducted in 29 African countries showed the overall pooled prevalence of Shigella bacteria was 5.9%, with concerning levels of antibiotic resistance.
Afghanistan and Pakistan reported more WPV1 cases, as 3 African countries report more vaccine-derived cases.
Activity has persisted beyond seasonal spikes, fueled by multiple factors including vector-control gaps, weather anomalies, and population displacement.
