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Risk factors included financial hardship, food insecurity, lack of a college degree, medical discrimination, and poor social support.
The national percentage of kindergartners with an exemption from one or more vaccine rose to 3.6%, hitting a new high for the fourth year in a row.
The initiative is designed to accelerate testing, sequencing, capacity building, and local manufacturing for mpox and other priority pathogens.
The rare but potentially severe illness is tied to ingesting the internal parasite via raccoon feces and contaminated soil.
The CDC said COVID-19 activity is rising in several parts of the country and test positivity and emergency department visits are up nationally.
Of 41 children, 27% died within 3 days after symptom onset, 91% of them from cerebral herniation; only 1 had been vaccinated against flu.
UNICEF estimates 80,000 children in West and Central Africa could be at high risk of cholera as the rainy season begins.
The United States has 14 more measles cases, 1,333 total.
Effectiveness was 70% to 85% against hospitalization for the 2 mRNA vaccines.
A review and meta-analysis finds shorter antibiotic courses show similar efficacy for bloodstream infections in immunocompetent patients compared with longer courses.
One person has died since the first case was identified on July 25.
Researchers found high rates of neurologic conditions among patients who received certain monoclonal antibodies, women, older survivors, and those with underlying illnesses.
Infections occurred among US residents who received epidural anesthesia for cosmetic surgeries in Matamoros, Mexico, in 2023.
Adults 65 and older hospitalized for RSV had higher rates of poor outcomes like heart conditions, ICU admission, and 30-day mortality.
Susan Monarez, PhD, is the first nonphysician director of the agency in more than 70 years.
The mRNA COVID vaccine used this past season showed no elevated risk of any of the 29 serious adverse events assessed.
Global health groups yesterday updated their risk assessment of H5N1 based on recent developments, including an ongoing spike in human infections in Cambodia.
Pregnant women, infants, and people aged 65 years and older are at increased risk for poor flu outcomes.
Though no details were provided, Kennedy says he wants to "fix" the federal program, which compensates people who report vaccine injuries.
The appliances didn't cut infections per zone, but modeling showed that they did reduce overall incidence by 12%.
