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Globally, more than 1.2 million new cases and more than 7,100 deaths were reported in the past 28 days.
Excess mortality suggests that the true death toll of the pandemic is much larger than indicated by official COVID-19 deaths alone.
Reducing dependencies on foreign countries will be complicated.
Florida's first CWD case has been detected in a road-killed deer in the Panhandle and has prompted nearby states to take action.
The pooled proportion of cases treated successfully was 44%, well below the WHO target success rate of 75%.
Analysis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from 3 African countries finds high resistance to ciprofloxacin and emerging resistance determinants for azithromycin.
Vaccine effectiveness among nursing home residents up to date on their COVID-19 vaccines is 31.2%, study finds.
Suffering moral injury, lack of access to PPE, and feeling unsupported by supervisors were all linked to an increased likelihood of having suicidal thoughts.
The global research agenda outlines 40 research priorities for addressing and mitigating antimicrobial-resistant bacterial and fungal infections, including drug-resistant tuberculosis.
The odds of SARS-CoV-2 infection were 6.2 times greater in household contacts during Omicron than with previous strains, with rates even higher in kids.
A recent cluster of 40 cases in Chicago suggests that vaccine protection may wane over time, but vaccinated patients do well recovering at home.
Officials confirm that the cases are caused by the Plasmodium vivax malaria parasite, which is not as fatal as other malaria species.
CD388 is Cidara's novel drug for preventing flu in adults at high risk for severe influenza, including those for whom vaccines are either ineffective or not indicated.
ACIP recommends newly approved RSV vaccines for use in two older age-groups, people ages 60 to 64 and those ages 65 and older.
Mental health patients with a recent prescription for an SSRI had an almost 40% less likelihood of testing COVID-19-positive.
Transmission could have started accelerating before 2011, which could partly explain an upswing in cases and outbreaks of related diseases around the world.
Adult COVID-19 patients exposed to air pollution spent an average of 4 extra days in the hospital, further overwhelming health systems.
Eating disorders in girls 13 to 16 years old rose 42% in the first 2 years of COVID-19, and self-harm was up 38%.
Also, Peru is battling its worst dengue outbreak, with about 150,000 suspected cases so far.
Researchers find that 7% of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates were resistant to one or both of two common triazole antifungal drugs.
