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A new analysis estimates that 1.41 million COVID-19 deaths occurred in the 35 days following the relaxation of China's policy.
A study in Louisiana shows that more women exceeded the recommended gestational weight gain during the pandemic.
A systematic review finds that room disinfection with ultraviolet-C has little impact on healthcare-associated multidrug-resistant infections.
With a new case in Miami-Dade County, Florida now has 16 dengue infections for the year.
The authors say the findings mean increased in-hospital surveillance could be useful when community levels are high, and suggest admission testing as a means of infection control.
Only 7 of the 55 patients (13%) in the severely fatigued group saw improvement in their physical impairments over time.
The alert includes new information about locally acquired malaria infections.
Despite a nearly threefold drop in ciprofloxacin prescriptions over 6 years, the amount of fluoroquinolone-resistant E coli in the community rose.
EU countries reported 33,527 TB cases in 2021, which continues a downward trend observed since 2002.
A pediatric hospital system wasted 58,607 antibiotic doses, including drugs in limited US supply.
CEPI and the University of Oxford have committed $80 million to the development of a vaccine targeting "Disease X," or unknown pathogens with pandemic potential.
If the infection is confirmed as caused by the H9N2 strain, it will be China's first since late June.
Ongoing surveillance shows more than 30 human-to-animal spillover events and fast virus evolution in a relatively small sample size of deer in northeastern Ohio.
Patients who had a non–ST segment elevation myocardial infarction were at a 51% higher risk of death when hospitals had a heavy COVID-19 patient burden.
The failure to follow good manufacturing practices leads to product defects, contamination, and other problems that put patients at risk.
Ohio, which had a preliminary positive from wastewater, now has a BA.2.86-positive human sample.
The study took place before availability of the 2-strain COVID-19 vaccine, which offers protection against Omicron and the wild-type virus.
During the acute phase of COVID-19, in-person visits decreased 40% and telehealth visits increased more than 10-fold.
The number antibiotic prescriptions dispensed by nurse independent prescribers rose by 146%.
New data highlight the diversity of the opportunistic pathogen and the high in-hospital mortality risk in certain patients.
