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The latest report from the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine shows that sales of medically important antibiotics in food-producing animals fell by 2% in 2023.
Fourteen to 60 days postvaccination, third-dose relative vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization was 77% for Moderna and 73% for Pfizer.
In other avian flu developments, Utah reported an outbreak in commercial poultry in the northern part of the state.
Genetic sequencing hasn't found a link to similar viruses elsewhere, and no related illnesses have been reported.
A substantial proportion of mpox infections were clinically undiagnosed.
There were no known nirsevimab resistance–associated mutations in infections caused by RSV-A.
The case is also only the second such detection in the state after CWD was found in a wild deer in Ballard County in 2023.
Patients in the confirmed and probable cases had contact with sick cows at nine different farms.
Similar results were seen in patients who were hospitalized or were overweight or obese.
The detections push the number of African countries reporting mpox cases to 17.
Rwanda's health ministry has reported one more case and one more death over the past 3 days.
The report said countries will need to adopt a One Health approach.
The authors found airway NK cells were increased in intubated children.
The project will begin with research into an at-home, inhalable treatment containing probiotics and prebiotics that can combat lung infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
At least two doses of the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 are needed to interrupt transmission
California also reported a seventh potential case, as the CDC shared updates, including the latest genetic sequencing results.
The proportion of excess deaths exceeded the share of the population among American Indians or Alaska Natives, Blacks, and Native Hawaiians/other Pacific Islanders.
Because not all viruses from mpox cases are sequenced, the findings likely underestimate the prevalence of the newly identified drug-resistant variant.
More education is needed on the safe preparation of wild game to prevent the rare parasitic illness, the authors say.
In related developments, the WHO weighed in on the latest epi data and recent travel-related measures from other countries.
