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From 53% to 74% of students were able to end isolation early, but 15% to 22% tested positive beyond the recommended isolation period.
The Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) in Arizona this week reported a dengue infection in someone who was probably exposed to an infected mosquito in Maricopa County.
Mosquito surveillance has detected dengue virus in a mosquito trap in one of the county's neighborhood, the MCDPH said in a Nov 14 press release.
District officials in the latest affected area of Uganda reported two more Ebola cases that involve family members of a recently confirmed case-patient in Jinja, according to the Monitor, a Kampala-based newspaper, reported today.
In 9 clinical trials, children received either amoxicillin or cotrimoxazole for different durations.
The report reveals encouraging investments but also persistent COVID-19 vaccine inequity and a nearly vacant pipeline for products to treat or prevent emerging pathogens that have pandemic potential.
60% of hospitalized COVID patients and 68% of those not hospitalized had at least one symptom 2 years later.
The percentage of kids receiving 5 to 7 days of antibiotics rose from the baseline of 60% to 86%.
A study of 2,126 vaccine recipients identifies 10 cardiac events that all had alternative explanations, and no hospitalizations.
Relative vaccine effectiveness of a second booster dose against severe COVID-19 is only about 30% after 2 to 4 months in people 80 and older, compared with one booster dose.
The findings suggest the drug could be part of a shorter and simpler tuberculosis treatment regimen.
Uganda has reported one more lab-confirmed Ebola infection, which involves a 23-year-old woman who is a healthcare worker in Mubende, one of the outbreak's hot spots, according to an update yesterday from the World Health Organization (WHO) Uganda office.
Flu activity in the Northern Hemisphere is rising, with levels up sharply over the past few weeks in North America, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in its latest global flu update, which roughly covers the last half of October.
US adults who get the flu vaccine every year are 24.7% more likely to complete a primary COVID-19 vaccine regimen.
Both of its updated Omicron boosters against Omicron prompt a strong antibody response.
Veterans with mild to moderate infections seen as outpatients underused therapies, including monoclonal antibodies and antivirals
Several countries, including many in Europe, have reported more highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu outbreaks in poultry.
A study today in BMC Medicine highlights the toll that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in high-burden countries, particularly in vulnerable populations.
The sensitivities of 3 commonly used rapid antigen tests were very low for Omicron in asymptomatic people.
Uganda's health ministry yesterday reported that Ebola has spread to Jinja district in the southeastern part of the country (see Google Maps image below).
A UK study suggests that Omicron BA.2 is tied to more symptoms and impeded daily activities than BA.1, and Taiwanese researchers describe fatal cerebral edema in 6 kids with BA.2.
