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So far this year, 90 countries globally have reported active dengue transmission, with the Americas as the hardest-hit region.
Children have accounted for the major portion of cases and deaths in an ongoing mpox outbreak in the DR Congo.
The findings come as CDC advisers prepare to meet next week about the composition of upcoming COVID vaccines.
In healthy children with no comorbidities, the absolute risk of critical disease from COVID-19 was 4%.
Breast cancer screening tanked and then rebounded in the first pandemic months, while cancer treatment disruptions varied by race, age, and wave.
The USDA's updated list of H5N1 detections in mammals includes domestic cats in 4 states.
The coalition of global health organizations released a set of recommendations to be considered at September's UN High-Level Meeting on AMR.
Five Americas region countries have now reported Oropouche virus cases this year.
A series of papers in The Lancet examine the scope of the AMR threat, interventions that could reduce AMR deaths, and ways to expand access to effective antibiotics.
Pregnant women had an incidence of PASC of 25.5% compared to 33.9% non-pregnant women.
In other developments, H5N1 was detected in feral cats in New Mexico and more dairy herds in affected states.
The risk of developing post-acute respiratory conditions was highest in the first 3 months after COVID-19 infection but was still elevated after 6 months.
Transmission is increasing in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean regions, with cases well above last year at this time.
An investigation found that the woman had been exposed to backyard poultry before she became ill.
The effectiveness of preventive vaccination was estimated at 68.2%.
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.
