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Menstrual cycles may lengthen by up to 1 day following vaccination, but the effect is temporary and vaccination makes little difference in other menstruation factors.
Data reveal a decline in vaccine uptake, a higher newborn death rate, less consumption of solid or semisolid foods, and lower rates of physical growth.
Data collected from 88 Canadian hospitals from January 2017 through December 2021 show that rates of MRSA bloodstream infections rose 35%.
Gonorrhea infections rose 50% in 2022 compared with 2021, and infectious syphilis diagnoses increased 15%.
Some Southern Hemisphere countries such as Australia and Chile are reporting increased influenza activity.
The certification aims to ensure that the concentration of antibiotics in manufacturing wastewater is below a level that could promote resistance.
Multiple COVID-19 infections were predictive of developing long COVID.
The utility of universal admission testing has been questioned due to limited resources, care delays, and sparse data showing it cuts hospital infections.
Fourteen suspected and 11 probable US meningitis cases have been reported in an outbreak tied to cosmetic surgery in clinics in Matamoros, Mexico.
The events were tied to 2,022 COVID-19 cases, and 58% of outbreaks occurred on farms classified as greenhouses.
New Jersey's early release of inmates to quell COVID-19 spread didn't result in a spike in substance use disorder–related emergency department visits or hospitalizations.
The 54-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital in May and is listed in serious condition.
In other US developments, the Biden administration signaled its pick for the next CDC director, and the FDA revoked the EUA for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Pediatric COVID-19 transmission was negatively correlated with new community cases during most of the pandemic.
During July to September 2022, 96.4% had SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, including 26.1% from vaccination alone, 22.6% from infection alone, and 47.7% from both.
The resolution calls on EU nations to regularly update National Action Plans against AMR and to improve data collection on drug-resistant pathogens and antibiotic use.
Overall, antibiotics were prescribed in less than one fifth of all acute encounters.
Tanzania's Marburg outbreak involved 9 cases, including 6 fatal ones, and a Marburg outbreak in Equatorial Guinea might be declared over next week.
In every country included in the survey, the older a child, the higher likelihood of malaria infections.
Pfizer announces positive findings of the investigational antibiotic combination aztreonam-avibactam.
