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Less than 6 hours of sleep a night in the days before and after flu and hepatitis A and B vaccination was associated with a lower immune response.
All told, 53 cases in Turkey, 12 in Germany, and 1 each in Austria and Switzerland have been linked to botulism neurotoxin injections at 2 hospitals in Turkey.
Brazil's drug regulatory agency has approved Japan-based Takeda's 4-strain vaccine against dengue virus for use in people ages 4 to 60 years old.
Though current 2.3.4.4b clade H5N1 viruses still prefer avian receptors, scientists are closely watching mutations that may influence virulence and replication in mammals.
Venous thromboembolism occurred in 292 of 398,530 patients (0.1%) over the follow-up period, for an overall rate of 0.26 per 100 person-years.
Protection of 4 doses of COVID vaccine against BA.5 infection among COVID-naïve participants was 16.1%, while it was 89.5% and 94.3% among those previously infected with BA.1 and BA.2, respectively.
The latest issue of Eurosurveillance includes 3 reports on antibiotic-resistant infections in Europe.
Of 79 rats, 4 (5%) tested positive for COVID-19, and 13 (16.5%) tested positive for wild-type SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G or immunoglobulin M antibodies.
US data show the likelihood of an inappropriate antibiotic for an upper respiratory tract infection declined with each additional minute spent in a primary care visit.
There is no cheap alternative to liquid albuterol, which is used in nebulizers to treat children too young to use an inhaler.
Fever and cough were more common with the Delta and Omicron variants, but rates of hospitalization and ICU admission stayed the same over time.
US legislators vote to declassify info about SARS-CoV-2 origins, the Cochrane Review issues a clarification, and XBB.1.5 now makes up nearly 90% of US cases.
People with chronic hepatitis B infection are at increased risk for liver cancer and cirrhosis and are 70% to 85% more likely to die prematurely.
Patients who expected antibiotics for a respiratory infection were more likely to receive them, even during COVID-19.
Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, and Nigeria all have new cases, and the GPEI confirms the earlier-reported case in Israel.
Cases are surging, especially in Paraguay and Brazil, with conditions ripe for further spread and health systems weakened by the pandemic and other demands.
The 157 healthcare workers infected with the wild-type virus were 67% more likely than uninfected participants to report persistent symptoms.
Female participants, however, saw some erosion of general mental health and increased anxiety and depression.
A roundup of international news on the COVID-19 pandemic.
A collaboration between NGOs and a diagnostic test maker will provide rapid molecular TB tests to high-burden countries at a reduced price.
