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The UK has reported an unusual increase in myocarditis infections and 2 deaths in babies who had enterovirus infections.
Sampling reveals considerably more mpox DNA than expected based on area cases and hospitalizations.
The asymptomatic cases are similar to those reported in workers who responded to outbreaks last year in Spain and the United States.
Just over half of cases occurred among people younger than 20 years, and hospitalization rates were high in American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
A condor chick's mother died from H5N1, and after the father continued incubating the egg, rescue workers retrieved it before hatching.
A lack of exposure to respiratory syncytial virus in the first 2 years of COVID-19 may have led to the global resurgence of the virus in 2022 and 2023.
The economic burden of healthcare worker infections ranged from $2 million in Eswatini to $163 million in South Africa.
The report urges countries to push harder for innovative financing mechanisms and other incentives.
The severe case of mpox involved pulmonary illness.
A total of 4.9% said their symptoms were resolving quickly, and 4.3% said they had multiple symptoms that varied little over time.
Spring and summer gatherings and vaccination gaps are among the factors that could fuel another surge.
A lower proportion of infants with COVID-19 had co-occurring UTIs, bacteremia without meningitis, and bacterial meningitis.
An analysis of nearly 3 years of patient data finds no evidence of major changes in the level of inappropriate or repeat antibiotic prescribing in primary care.
The study was based on data collected from 4.8 million people who received at least one dose of the Moderna vaccine.
The goal is at least 5 air changes per hour and an upgrade to MERV-13 filters.
In adults with COVID-19, those reporting obstructive sleep apnea were 75% more likely to experience long COVID.
Global activity reflects a mixed picture, as a shift in US data reporting shows downward trends.
Ninety-one of the 155 GAO recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services since 2007 remain unimplemented.
Obesity accelerates the loss of COVID-19 vaccine-induced neutralizing antibody capacity, concludes a study of 3.6 million adults.
Two unrelated cases suggest that a severe, antifungal-resistant tinea is now being locally transmitted in the US.
