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The patient is a 42-year-old woman from Parana state who had underlying health conditions.
ACIP topics include RSV, flu, polio, mpox, meningococcal, and COVID-19 vaccines.
Amid reduced testing and case reporting, hospitalization and death trends may be more reliable COVID activity markers.
There were statistically significant rises in pre-pregnancy body-mass index and obesity rates among women in year 1 and 2 of the pandemic.
A look into the investigation of an extensively drug-resistant bacterial pathogen that caused 4 deaths and permanent vision loss in 14 patients.
For those who got sick, vaccinated patients had fewer symptoms and none required hospitalization.
The team conducted the trial after several systematic reviews and meta-analyses suggested that continuous administration may decrease mortality in sepsis patients and reduce the emergence of antibiotic resistance.
With record dengue cases already this year, Peru is bracing for more heavy rains in the months ahead from the El Nino weather pattern.
The group discussed but didn't recommend a specific XBB strain, which will come from FDA in a finalized recommendation.
Access to mental health services has yet to rebound fully.
Higher death rates were seen among unvaccinated adults in all three periods studied.
Critics say marketing labels claiming meat has been raised with no or limited antibiotics lack substantiation and need to be verified with testing.
Several Arizona marijuana establishments have voluntarily recalled certain products over potential contamination with Aspergillus and Salmonella.
The low incidence of pathogens with bioterrorism potential would hamper efforts to isolate them from natural sources for intentional release, the authors say.
Data show COVID-19 vaccines are safe in older adults and when administered with non-COVID vaccines.
The FDA warns consumers and retailers in 3 states about raw oysters imported from South Korea that may be contaminated with norovirus.
55% of respondents said they had worse mental health than before the pandemic.
Previous infection was significantly associated with testing negative for COVID-19, while private lodging in Berlin was tied to a higher infection rate than hotel accommodations.
Shortages of two drugs—cisplatin and carboplatin—are dire enough that the FDA is working with a Chinese manufacturer and a Canadian drugmaker on importing alternatives.
The relative risk reduction for participants who received adintrevimab as post-exposure prophylaxis was 75%.
