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RSV activity remains high, with pediatric hospitalizations increasing across most of the country.
In more than 8,000 UK pneumonia patients, researchers found no evidence adjunctive macrolides lowered 30-day mortality or shortened time to hospital discharge.
52% of adults think the vaccine given to pregnant individuals to protect their infants from RSV is effective, up 10 percentage points from 42% in October of 2023.
The disease was confirmed in a dead cow elk near Jackson, Wyoming, and a hunter-harvested deer in Alabama's Colbert County.
The FDA upgraded a voluntary recall of organic, pasture-raised eggs sold by Costco stores to Class I, the agency's highest risk level, over Salmonella concerns.
Also, 2 groups report impacts on both domestic and wild cats, as federal officials confirm a flurry of new outbreaks in poultry.
Three of every 4 patients did not return to prior health within 60 weeks of the initial infection.
The multivalent toxoid vaccine candidate from LimmaTech Biologics AG is designed to prevent skin and soft-tissue infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus.
In patients with Enterobacterales BSIs, early phenotype-desirable antimicrobial therapy was associated with better 30-day outcomes than delayed therapy.
Belgium reported the case on December 18 in an adult traveler returning from an African country where the clade 1b virus circulates.
The WHO says it is monitoring some JN.1-related variants, still in low proportions, that might have more immune escape than XEC.
Idaho, Puerto Rico, and West Virginia all had 8% or higher prevalence of long COVID.
The CDC has now confirmed 64 cases from 9 states since the start of the year.
The South and West have the highest flu levels, while COVID levels are highest in the Midwest.
The infected bull was transported to Idaho in March 2023 from Alberta, and the Canadian ranch later confirmed a CWD-positive elk.
The case-fatality rate was about 23%, which is at the low end of the 24% to 88% range.
Two African countries reported more circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 cases.
The three cats with suspected infections don't have any known exposure to raw milk, and investigators are examining other potential sources, including raw meat.
A meta-analysis of data from two trials found 6 months of levofloxacin in kids and adults exposed to MDR-TB was associated with a 60% relative reduction in TB incidence.
About half of the claims were related to COVID vaccine, but the vast majority of money paid for claims—$6.5 million—was for harms tied to the H1N1 flu vaccine.
