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The cat likely contracted the virus from eating meat from exposed waterfowl. In global developments, the virus spread to the southern tip of South America, putting it within range of Antarctica.
RSV activity began in the southeast and worked its way north and west. In its Marburg notice, the CDC said there is no evidence so far that the two outbreaks are connected.
The European Union (EU) Commission plans to publish a draft of the largest overhaul of medical laws in 20 years.
The authors called for a clearer definition of long COVID so that evidence from clinical trials can be reliably applied to evidence-based clinical management.
In the two rare cases, babies had seizures at birth, microcephaly, and developmental delays over time.
The results are nationally representative and overcome limits of earlier estimates, which relied on cross-sectional data and 1-day point prevalence surveys.
Trial results were so compelling that researchers stopped the trial early to give all participants post-exposure prophylaxis with doxycycline.
The proportion of cases in vaccinated patients was much higher than the previous 4 months.
The patient's home was near where H5N1 deaths in wild birds and sea lions had recently occurred.
The authors say neither a human nor animal origin can be ruled out.
A retrospective study of US hospitals suggests early switching from IV to oral antibiotics in patients with community-acquired pneumonia is safe but underused.
The dog became ill after playing with a dead goose.
The ECDC said though no clear seasonal circulation pattern has emerged, COVID's impact has been higher in the fall and winter.
The modeling study showed that antibiotic consumption in animals is associated with increased antibiotic resistance in people—and vice-versa.
The risk of hospitalization or death by 28 days was 4.6% among the 2,571 mAb recipients, compared with 7.6% among the 5,135 matched control patients (risk ratio, 0.61).
The relative risks in some UK ethnic groups were higher earlier in the pandemic but shifted toward White, higher-income groups in a later wave.
The off-label use of the product occurred at two Turkish hospitals, and the outbreak has now sickened 87 people.
The policy change would apply to those at highest risk, including people older than 65 and those with weakened immune systems.
Taking substantial sick leave may be a proxy for long COVID, offering another data point for measuring the burden of the complication.
The authors said the findings for the treatment, approved by the FDA in December, are similar to what doctors can expect in clinical practice.
