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A survey reveals that 98% of US pediatric ASPs meet CDC Core Elements for antibiotic stewardship, but most reported insufficient funding.
Of children aged 5 to 10 years, about 40% had abnormal lung function post-treatment, rising to 65% in older children.
The top motivator for getting vaccinated was a strong clinician recommendation.
New Mexico reported more cases in an adjacent county, with a few new confirmations from Texas in the community around Dallam and Hartley counties.
Hydroxychloroquine use was evenly distributed across the United States, but outpatient use of ivermectin was significantly higher in southern states.
The CDC notes that the poultry worker from Ohio had been hospitalized with respiratory and nonrespiratory symptoms.
The funds will help vaccinate 370 million children annually.
A survey of the province's public hospitals and microbiology labs finds that the rate of new patients with carbapenemase-producing organisms doubled from 2022 to 2023.
Amid a post-pandemic increase in pediatric M pneumoniae cases, researchers find rising rates of macrolide-resistance mutations at Ohio children's hospitals.
The county is in southwestern Indiana, on the border with Illinois and Kentucky, both of which are CWD-positive.
The Trump administration also terminated advisory committees on long COVID and health equity.
The CDC says it does not anticipate posting any more updates on US respiratory disease activity this season.
Pfizer’s initial clinical trials on the drug were conducted on unvaccinated adults.
A 2024 outbreak of H5N1 on 3 unrelated poultry farms in the Czech Republic suggests airborne transmission, which is difficult to prove.
The mutation doesn't appear to reduce viral fitness, as evidenced by its rapid spread, the authors say.
Afghanistan and Pakistan report new wild poliovirus cases, while Algeria and Guinea confirm cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus.
An ongoing crisis in South Kivu Province in the DRC has forced at least 400 mpox patients to flee treatment centers.
High-income countries have 69% of seasonal influenza capacity and 80% of pandemic capacity.
The farm workers from different households experienced symptoms, but declined testing, before their cats became seriously ill.
The postponement comes amid concerns that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine critic, could make changes to the group, or get rid of it altogether.
