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Most of the cases involve the ST 1466 strain, which is disproportionately affecting adults ages 30 to 60, Black or African American people, and those with HIV.
The new version offers longer shelf-life advantages and paves the way for a flu-COVID combo vaccine.
Human-caused land-use change often triggers the events that facilitate spillover of pathogens from wild animals to people.
Company officials say the rapid PCR test could aid antimicrobial stewardship efforts.
Cases are even rising in countries such as Costa Rica and Mexico that typically see dengue rises in the second half of the year.
Experts wonder if the virus is responsible for all of the symptoms, if the virus can spread from cow to cow, and how the findings might shape farm biosecurity.
The CDC-developed strategy did not reduce incidence of hospital-onset C difficile over time at participating hospitals, but implementation was affected by COVID-19.
National stockpiles of smallpox vaccines, antivirals, and drugs are "imperfect" and limited, the authors say.
Of those who had long COVID, 61% had been hospitalized after contracting the virus.
The results suggest that waning SARS-CoV-2 immunity levels over time can lead to reinfections and a new pandemic wave, the authors say.
The clinical secondary attack rate for asymptomatic COVID-positive children was more than 10%.
The most common reasons given for forgone care were fear of contracting COVID-19 and difficulty securing an appointment.
Pfizer's novel combination antibiotic Emblaveo (aztreonam-avibactam) moves a step closer to regulatory approval in Europe.
Among participants from Finland and the Netherlands, a greater abundance of butyrate-producing bacteria in the gut was linked to reduced risk of hospitalization from infection.
The territory last declared an emergency owing to dengue in 2012.
Patients also had a significantly lower rate of early-stage cancer and a significantly higher rate of advanced tumors.
Dead wild birds were found on the affected farms.
While racial minorities disproportionately live in geographic regions with higher telemedicine use, they used the services less than their White peers.
At 48 hospitals in Michigan, 1 in 8 adult patients treated for pneumonia had an improper diagnosis, and most of them received a full course of antibiotics.
In all of 2023, US cases of the vaccine-preventable disease totaled 58.
