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The study looked at the incidence and epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase–producing Enterobacterales in US kids.
Among 49 jurisdictions with H5 virus testing capacity, 29 (59%) reported testing respiratory specimens from symptomatic people since January 2022.
The group will use the H5 probe to test samples from all 190 WastewaterSCAN sites and share the information with local public health officials and on its dashboard.
The health ministry said two JN.1 variants, KP.1 and KP.2, make up more than two-thirds of Singapore's COVID cases.
The tool may also help address any family hesitancy about giving the RSV monoclonal antibody by demonstrating the infant's risk profile, the authors say.
The maternal vaccine will target neonatal sepsis caused by Klebsiella pneumononiae.
The risk of influenza was found to be elevated in people who received the vaccine only in the previous season.
In other developments, H5N1 has been detected in cats from South Dakota with no known links to poultry or dairy herd outbreaks.
About 55,500 patients were flagged for long COVID, compared with 2.1 million who self-reported the condition in a community infection survey.
The CDC's alerts detail recent travel-related cases and urge vaccination for those traveling to Saudi Arabia for the upcoming Hajj or Umrah pilgrimages.
The country noted an uptick in clade 1 cases in 2023 and 2024, with 19,919 suspected cases reported.
A review and meta-analysis of 70 studies found a 19% reduction in antibiotic initiation and 20% reduction in antibiotic days of therapy in neonatal intensive care units.
Researchers say the association with increased risk of drug-resistant infections suggests further research into the long-term impact of beta-lactam allergies is needed.
Overall, 57% of index UTIs weren't susceptible to 1 or more antibiotic classes, and 13% were resistant to at least 3 classes, climbing to 65% and 20%, respectively, by the sixth infection.
Retrospective reviews suggest the earliest confirmed US isolate was from 2017.
Health officials vaccinated 882 shelter residents in the 3 days after the index case was identified to contain the outbreak.
The agency says the updated list reflects a more comprehensive understanding of the evolution and burden of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens.
Infants whose mothers received intrapartum azithromycin had a higher prevalence of azithromycin-resistant E coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae compared with those who received placebo.
Nearly all cases are in patients who performed the Umrah pilgrimage while in Saudi Arabia, and most infections are due to serogroup W.
Ninety percent of long-COVID patients had pathologic findings.
