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Like Pakistan, Afghanistan has now passed the number of polio cases it reported in 2023.
Booker requested answers to six questions from the FDA by September 1, 2024.
The team arrived at 6 target pathogens: the viruses that cause polio, influenza A, influenza B, mpox, COVID-19, and measles.
Only 45% of first reinfections among those who experienced a severe initial infection were mild.
Plague was detected in the 5,000-year-old DNA of at least 17% of the sampled population across large geographic distances.
The effectiveness of nirsevimab against RSV-associated bronchiolitis leading to pediatric ICU admission was 70%.
Mislabeling patients as allergic to penicillin can lead to antibiotics treatments that aren't as effective and problems from overuse of broad-spectrum drugs.
With multiple factors fueling the surge, 9 infant deaths have been reported since cases started rising in November.
The additional cat detections are from 2 states battling the virus in cows: Minnesota and Michigan.
FEMA has said it expects to fulfill funding obligations for the pandemic through August 2026.
Raw Farm (formerly Organic Pastures) of Fresno, California, has been linked to the outbreak.
Prescribers followed surgical antibiotic prophylaxis protocols for only 21% of 1,864 surgeries.
The rise in invasive H influenzae disease came amid eased COVID measures, with babies and seniors the most affected groups.
The company has agreed to withdraw a secondary patent on the drug, which will allow generic suppliers to produce lower-cost versions.
The outbreak at the poultry farm, with more than 1.7 million birds, prompted an emergency declaration from Colorado's governor.
During the follow-up period, 9% of children in the lockdown cohort had at least 1 wheezing episode, compared with 15% in the historical cohort.
The fastest-growing diagnoses were for syphilis, gonorrhea, and HIV/AIDS.
Vaccines may be the best option to combat the increasing incidence of gonorrhea, including drug-resistant forms.
The authors found that 37% of the COVID-positive group suffered quantitative olfactory dysfunction.
The incidence of domestically acquired campylobacteriosis, pathogenic E coli infection, yersiniosis, vibriosis, and cyclosporiasis increased.
