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Officials have received a growing number of reports of XDR Shigella, which is highly transmissible and resistant to commonly recommended antibiotics, in adults.
Structural changes in the brain may explain the persistent fatigue and neuropsychiatric complications tied to long COVID.
Mountain lions, a bobcat, red foxes, black bears, and skunks represent the latest avian flu cases in mammals.
The lawmakers say that while the shortages have eased, supplies haven't been completely replenished.
Two more deaths have occurred in people with symptoms of Marburg, which would raise the outbreak total to 11 cases, all fatal.
The clade that infected the two Cambodians has been circulating in Southeast Asia for almost a decade, resulting in sporadic human cases.
About half of long-COVID patients who were on sick leave at 4 months were still on sick leave at 2 years.
Transmission in healthcare settings and bars and nightclubs was most likely to involve at least 5 infections, with nightlife cases more likely to generate further spread.
The company, however, recently filed for bankruptcy, citing the prolonged FDA authorization process.
The Department of Energy, with "low confidence," says SARS-CoV-2 may have come from a lab, and a controversial doctors groups touts ivermectin for the flu and RSV.
The outbreak total remains at 9 cases: 1 confirmed , 4 probable , and 4 suspected.
In a related development, WHO experts recommended a new H5N1 candidate vaccine virus, while noting that current stocks are a good match against circulating viruses.
Visitors were estimated to contribute over 60% of the SARS-CoV-2 load to Las Vegas Strip sewers.
US influenza activity is still low, flu vaccine protection is moderate, and WHO advisers only tweak the makeup of next year's flu vaccine.
The authors conclude that some of the increased antibiotic prescribing may have been inappropriate.
Two years into the pandemic, US cancer screening rates still hadn't recovered to pre-crisis levels, putting millions at risk, new data reveal.
Indicators continue to decline, with the 7-day average for new daily cases down 9.2% from a week ago.
Molecular analysis of stool and rectal swab samples reveal widespread colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yemen, Mozambique, and Madagascar all recorded new cases.
Infections are rare and can be severe or fatal, but so far scientists don't see genetic changes that pose an increased threat to people.
