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Previous studies have shown COVID-19 primary vaccination is safe in pregnancy and not associated with an increased risk for miscarriage.
The research suggests that ticks can ingest and excrete CWD prions.
Paraguay's first detections come on the heels of Brazil's first H5N1 detections in wild birds.
Clots were seen in multiple arteries in close to 30% of patients with COVID-19 at the time of their heart attack, but in less than 5% of heart-attack patients who did not have COVID-19.
The CDC has confirmed a 4th death and more vision loss in an outbreak of infections caused by a unique strain of extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa involving at least 81 people.
The funds are to tackle the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance over the next 3 years.
The animal didn't go through the slaughtering process, posing no threat to the food supply or human health, officials say.
Beginning in May 2022, the UK, Spain, and the US saw a growing number of cases of mpox primarily among men who have sex with men.
Though the group was impressed with the efficacy of the vaccine, they wanted to know more about preterm births, a factor that stalled a similar vaccine.
Diabetes patients may have an impaired immune response to vaccination against COVID-19 and experience worse outcomes.
A randomized controlled trial reveals that rifapentine, an antibiotic used for TB treatment, can protect household contacts from leprosy.
Among 136 Americans who reported receiving an incentive to get vaccinated against COVID-19, 64% said they would have done so anyway.
A review of 27 studies reveals that dogs have more than 80% sensitivity and more than 90% specificity for detecting COVID-19 in people through scent.
Afghanistan reports 2 wild poliovirus type 1 cases, and 3 African nations confirm more vaccine-derived cases.
Data from 80 countries show a 13% decline in the amount of antimicrobials used in food-producing animals from 2017 through 2019.
The 3 studies are the largest yet to measure how well the vaccine performed in the US amid the mpox outbreak of 2022.
Regulators, pharmacists, and healthcare providers are alarmed by the trend.
Seventy-two percent of respondents say the benefits of MMR vaccines are very high or high, and 64% say the risk of side effects is very low or low.
The WHO's outside experts saw a need for better protection against XBB lineages and had several reasons for dropping the ancestral strain.
Seven linked transmission chains were noted, including 3 patients who had linked partners who were female sex workers.
