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Herbs and supplements are the most common treatment offered by the clinics.
In total, 5% of dogs and 13% of cats tested positive for COVID-19 on polymerase chain reaction, and 25% and 36%, respectively, had SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies.
Cases, on the rise since late 2024, have spread to new parts of Brazil and Colombia.
Close adherence to glove-wearing and other standard precautions likely protected residents, the authors say.
In 2023, 1.4% of children surveyed had ever experienced long-COVID symptoms.
Using scarce resources and staff on questionable measures could distract from evidence-based methods such as vaccination and antiviral therapy, the authors say.
A study of patients at 3 US hospitals finds that Black rural patients with HAIs have a significantly higher risk of ICU admission and death than their White urban counterparts.
The index patient's wife is the second confirmed case, and 3 close contacts are isolated for treatment and testing.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr, a lawyer with no medical or public health training, is a longtime vaccine critic.
Five new outbreaks are in Missouri, a state that has lost about 4.3 million poultry over the past 30 days.
Like other recent cases, the patient had traveled to Uganda, one of Africa's clade 1b mpox hot spots.
But rates of types 31/33/45, 47, and 45 were lower in vaccinated women, which the authors said suggests that the vaccines offer some cross-protection against these types.
Oseltamivir recipients had an 18% lower risk of 30-day mortality.
Also, the virus is confirmed in more US poultry flocks, and European officials share virus details from the UK's recent case.
Several CDC pages have been taken down amid a move by the Trump administration to remove all language related to gender identity and LGBTQ issues.
The highest rates of influenza A/B (21%), influenza A (17%), and influenza B (20%) were observed in Asia and Europe.
In a related development, Ugandan scientists who sequenced the virus say they don't see a link to the country's 2022 outbreak.
San Diego health officials warn of possible TB exposure at a high school during the 2023-24 academic year.
Twenty-three European nations have seen a rise in carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections since 2019.
One of the two adult bucks was harvested by a hunter, and the other was identified on a deer-breeding farm.
