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With 2 more detections, the USDA has now reported 200 mammals infected with the H5N1 strain.
The level of hesitancy for the COVID-19 vaccine was much higher than for other routinely given vaccines.
The modeling study estimates that limiting air pollution could reduce deaths attributable to antibiotic resistance by more than 20% by 2050.
Staff shortages and isolation during the pandemic could have delayed delirium recognition, and the authors also found higher rates of antipsychotics prescribed at discharge.
The list of people recommended to receive the vaccine is geared toward groups who will most benefit, such as older people, caregivers, and those with underlying medical conditions.
Flu activity is on the downslope in the Southern Hemisphere, and globally influenza A is dominant with H3N2 and H1N1 proportions nearly equal among subtyped samples.
Approximately 30% of the respondents said they believed COVID-19 vaccines were unsafe for someone who already had a previous COVID-19 infection.
From very low levels, markers were up slightly again as the EG.5 variant pushed ahead of XBB.1.16.
Using long-read sequencing, the group found that 15% of E coli O157:H7 fecal samples harbored AMR genes.
Several of the El Nino health risks are due to water contamination, either from flooding or drought. Malnutrition due to food insecurity was the top threat.
Antibiotic use rose by 7% in US acute care hospitals in April 2020 compared with April 2019.
A study across 10 school districts in Massachusetts finds a secondary attack rate of around 3%.
The CDC is recommending a dose of the monoclonal antibody nirsevimab to protect against severe illness caused by RSV.
Both cases were in Michigan residents who had contact with pigs at agricultural fairs.
Nigeria also reported a new case of vaccine-derived polio this week, and three other countries reported positive environmental samples.
A cluster of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa cases at an Idaho hospital was linked to a shared sink.
No waning of bivalent vaccine effectiveness against medical treatment was seen at 2 months in both previously infected and never-infected participants.
The HIV researcher, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will replace Anthony Fauci, MD, who retired at the end of last year.
Official COVID-19 case counts are rising only in the Western Pacific region globally—mainly due to transmission in South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore.
Since 2013, Iowa officials have confirmed 260 cases of chronic wasting disease in 16 counties.
