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The most common long-COVID symptoms were fatigue, cognitive impairment, and pain.
Multiple factors are fueling rises and compounding the impact, including shifts in dengue serotypes.
Being a female GP treating COVID patients was linked to a 54% higher risk of exhaustion compared with their male counterparts.
No long COVID was reported among vaccinated athletes.
The study authors say the findings add to evidence from prior studies, which have found limited improved clinical outcomes with combination therapy.
Researchers say new cleaning and disinfection methods that can better eradicate C difficile spores could help reduce the risk of healthcare transmission.
Current vaccines neutralize current variants, but there are limited data on the impact against JN.1, a steadily rising part of the BA.2.86 family.
Flu levels continue to climb in North America, as well as other locations including China's northern provinces.
In the COVID-19 pandemic years 2020 to 2021, IPD incidence dipped to a low of 1.6 per 100,000 children.
Families headed by an adult with long COVID had higher odds of pandemic-related financial difficulties, regardless of prepandemic socioeconomic status.
The median time to symptom resolution was 6 days, and 12% of participants still had symptoms at day 10.
Black patients were more likely to be diagnosed later and wait longer to receive appropriate antibiotics.
Antabio announced that it raised $25 million in financing to complete phase 2 research on its antibiotic/beta-lactamase inhibitor combination.
The case was in a cow elk in Elk Hunt Area 122 harvested by a hunter in early November.
Disease severity climbed significantly from before the pandemic to 2021 and 2022 to 2023 among children younger than 6 months to 1 year.
Though anthrax is endemic in these countries, the Bacillus anthracis bacterium usually causes only small seasonal outbreaks.
Researchers say a third of public health leaders retired, resigned, or were fired because of threats.
Completion of a primary COVID-19 vaccine series, receipt of a booster dose, Black vs White race, and urban vs rural residence were linked to reduced odds of long COVID.
An antibiotic stewardship intervention at urgent care centers reduced prescribing for patients regardless of race, ethnicity, and preferred language—but disparities persisted.
The prevalence of overweight and obesity was significantly higher in MIS-C than KD (41% vs 23%).
