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Precancer incidence has decreased 80% among screened women aged 20 to 24 years.
Researchers said the findings are concerning, especially because the rates of HPV-linked throat and tongue cancers in men are rising.
Stewardship interventions in 2 neonatal intensive care units were associated with reduced antibiotic use in newborns with culture-negative sepsis.
The findings show that air pollutants interact with host genetic susceptibility in both multiplicative and additive manners, the authors say.
Texas health officials reported 13 more cases today, putting the state's outbreak total at 159.
Deaths occurred soon after illness onset and mainly occurred in one village, with younger men disproportionately affected.
Detections in more pet cats were reported from Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and New Jersey.
Estimated effectiveness was 65% against hospitalization, 74% against pediatric intensive care unit admission, and 64% against high-dependency unit admission.
The vaccine was 45% to 46% protective against hospitalization for older adults.
Paxlovid recipients were at significantly lower risk for all-cause hospitalization than those given molnupiravir.
Researchers find a marked increase in tetracycline-resistant gonorrhea and increased colonization with tetracycline-resistant Staphylococcus aureus following the rollout of doxyPEP.
In its latest update, the CDC says it has received reports of 164 cases from 9 jurisdictions this year.
The recall follows severe cat illnesses in Oregon and Washington, where the food was distributed.
Researchers say the findings underscore the urgent need to improve infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship in cancer care.
The new case raises the death toll to 2 and the case count to 10 in this outbreak.
By December 2022, only 39% of pregnant women and 9% of nonpregnant women had ever been tested for HCV.
The latest polio cases include 3 WPV1 infections in Pakistan, 1 of 2 remaining endemic countries.
Texas health officials say there have been 20 hospitalizations in the outbreak, which began in late January.
During follow-up, the crude all-cause death rate was 18% in the COVID-19 group and 9% among controls.
The group also recommended two vaccine strains for pandemic preparedness, one for the H5N1 2.3.2.1a clade and another targeting the reemerging H5N6 2.3.4.4h clade.
