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As health officials brace for more cases in farm workers, Utah ag officials are moving quickly to monitor dairy cattle near a large outbreak at a layer farm.
Vaccines made with novel adjuvants are more reactive than those without adjuvants.
The vaccine advisory group voted 14 to 1 in favor of lowering the age for pneumococcal vaccination from 65 to 50.
At a briefing today, the country's health minister said the health worker had received the vaccine a few days ago and is doing well.
Surges in COVID-19 cases occurred in winter 2024 during the shift to JN.1 predominance.
From November 2022 to June 2024, 12 cases of the serious type of pneumonia were reported to the CDC.
The study authors say knowledge about antibiotic-related harms will help patients, providers, and antibiotic stewardship programs.
The recommendations were made to shore up protection in vulnerable groups and add clarity for patients and healthcare providers.
Vaccines must promote mucosal immunity to prevent infection by respiratory viruses and limit spread.
In other developments, Quest Diagnostics will introduce an H5 molecular test by the end of the month, which should increase testing capacity.
Federal investigators are looking at ground beef and slivered onions as potential sources of the outbreak.
Ten percent of newborns in the COVID-19 group had abnormalities, compared with 4% in the control group.
To date, 442,855 children under 10 years have been successfully vaccinated in central and south Gaza.
Global cholera deaths in 2024 are up 126% compared with 2023.
Of all children requiring ICU care, 16% were diagnosed as having multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.
One clade of eight RSV-B genomes had a mutation tied to resistance to the monoclonal antibody nirsevimab.
The case-patient recently traveled abroad, but few other details were given by the institute.
The variant appears to have greater infectivity and immune-evasion properties, which could help it edge out KP.3.1.1.
The virus has an enzyme that can efficiently circumvent a host cell's innate defense mechanism.
Two patients who were intubated for multiple organ failure were successfully extubated, thought to be a first in Africa for Marburg.
