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An earlier investigation hinted at hospital food as a source, but evidence didn't reveal a specific item.
Five of 22 studies noted that over 50% of newborns had microcephaly, and the same number of studies observed that over 5% had congenital Zika syndrome.
Sewer sampling, the authors say, could be expanded to track other infectious diseases such as H5N1 avian flu or mpox or to detect unexpected pathogens.
Since 2023, the country has ramped up MERS-CoV testing as part of sentinel surveillance.
Two cases near the Dallas area are now included in the large outbreak, which now totals 717 cases.
The authors say future research must use biobanks for data collection.
China has now confirmed five H10N3 cases, which tend to be severe, over the past few years.
Participants with ongoing long-COVID symptoms were more likely to report any productivity loss in the preceding 3 months than those without ongoing long-COVID symptoms.
Although the risk was greater with moderate-to-severe infections, even mild cases were linked to more than double the risk.
Reunion island has reported more than 47,500 confirmed cases and 12 deaths from the mosquito-borne disease.
A study of bloodstream infections in Ontario finds attributable mortality due to AMR over 5 years was 896 deaths, or 1.2 per 100,000 population per year.
As cattle detections track northward, Mexico recently reported its first human case.
The risk of long COVID was two to three times higher after the initial infection (14.8%) than after first (5.8%) or second (5.3%) reinfections.
For patients with weakened immune systems, effectiveness was lower, at 67% for patients aged 60 to 74 years to 73% for those older than 75.
Overall, the hazard ratio for in-hospital mortality at 28 days was 0.73.
Antibiotic use in the first 3 month of life was associated with a 23% increase in risk of early puberty in girls.
While incidence of community-associated and healthcare-associated community-onset MRSA bacteremia declined during the pandemic, hospital-onset cases rose substantially.
In a statement today, the company said it supports recent precautionary measures and that thorough investigations are needed to assess if the vaccine is the cause of the adverse events.
West Virginia detected cases within 10 miles of the county border, triggering the addition, officials said.
About 93% of cases reported to the CDC are part of 14 different outbreaks.
