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The two people had no symptoms and were exposed to sick poultry at different farms.
An outbreak of COVID-19 in gorillas and lions at the Rotterdam Zoo likely originated from people but spread animal-to-animal.
A large meta-analysis shows that influenza vaccination is tied to significantly less antibiotic use, while the effect of pneumococcal vaccination is less pronounced.
Key factors associated with antibiotic resistance rates varied greatly among drug-bacterium pairs.
Of 22 patients interviewed, 15 said they ate Papa Murphy's raw chocolate chip cookie dough or raw s'mores bars dough.
Rhinovirus or enterovirus was most common (found in 12.1% of samples), followed by seasonal coronaviruses (5.6%).
The WHO reports 316 new mpox cases and 2 new deaths, and the UK warns about a rise in measles transmission.
As many as 92% of workers expressed psychological burden over possible infection during work, and many were concerned about infecting family members.
The study authors say the findings demonstrate the link between within-host diversity and resistance.
Blue fox are the most common fur animal farmed in Finland, and officials say wild birds are the likely source of the virus.
Lower rates of severe illness in the 4-dose versus the 3-dose group during Omicron suggest that the 4th dose conferred added protection.
Cannabis-related emergency department visits rose with COVID-19, with weekly visits higher in 2020, 2021, and 2022, compared to the same weeks in 2019.
At 2 years the most common manifestations were fatigue (14.4%) and rheumatologic (14.4%) and psychiatric (9.6%) symptoms.
Hospitalizations declined 47% and ICU admissions dropped 66% over the past 28 days.
The funds are part of an effort to help officials track antimicrobial resistance patterns and detect emerging resistance profiles.
A third of late-onset sepsis cases in very-low-birthweight infants were caused by multidrug-resistant organisms, 41% of which proved fatal.
Data reveal a 72% increase of youth in emergency departments with long onboarding times—waiting to be admitted for care.
Though the virus hasn't shifted its preference to mammalian cells, scientists see some changes that could enhance replication and allow binding to human-like receptors.
The report is part of the GAO's series on the accountability and effectiveness of the federal government's $4.7 trillion pandemic response.
The $20.5 million base funding will support plans to extend Baxdela's pneumonia indication and Vabomere's use for complicated urinary tract infections to children.
