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Texas health officials say there have been 20 hospitalizations in the outbreak, which began in late January.
During follow-up, the crude all-cause death rate was 18% in the COVID-19 group and 9% among controls.
The group also recommended two vaccine strains for pandemic preparedness, one for the H5N1 2.3.2.1a clade and another targeting the reemerging H5N6 2.3.4.4h clade.
Relative to 2020 respondents, 2022 participants had less confidence in the CDC, NIH, and local public health departments and more confidence in the federal government, FitBit, and genetic-testing companies.
Twelve more pediatric flu deaths were reported, mostly caused by the H1N1 strain, raising the season's total to 98.
The cats had no known exposure to infected poultry, livestock, raw milk, or raw meat, but they roamed freely outdoors, where they may have been exposed to wild birds or other animals.
The new clade 1a variant raises significant public health concerns because of its higher transmissibility and morbidity.
The study involved 68 US children who died from seasonal flu this season.
Chronic conditions and COVID-19 symptoms during infection were risk factors for persistent symptoms, whereas hybrid immunity was protective.
The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee was scheduled to meet March 13 to select virus strains for the 2025-26 flu vaccine.
Complicating factors could include other infectious diseases, such as meningitis, and the impact from a lack of medical care.
In other measles news, Kentucky has reported a case in an adult who had recently traveled internationally.
The owners told authorities that they fed their cats Wild Coast Raw pet food, the same brand implicated in recent feline illnesses in Oregon.
A study of 151 patients with carbapenem-nonsusceptible infections found treatment with imipenem/cilastatin/relebactam was successful in 70% of cases.
Biosecurity support, streamlined financial relief for farmers, and vaccine and therapeutics investment are among the key steps.
In participants with long COVID, greater lung perfusion correlated with increased chronic fatigue severity.
The trial is evaluating the safety and efficacy of MTBVAC, a single shot, live-attenuated TB vaccine, in people with latent TB in 3 countries.
The unvaccinated, school-age child was hospitalized in Lubbock.
The number of sudden cardiac arrests and sudden cardiac deaths before and during the pandemic wasn't significantly different.
The 2 patients exposed to poultry had severe infections, with H5N1 confirmed only from lower respiratory tract samples.
