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The WHO said the decision was based on declining COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations, and ICU admissions and on high levels of immunity.
Some data streams will end as the national public health emergency winds down, but multiple markers will still yield timely localized data.
Updated guidelines for preventing surgical-site infections recommend stopping antibiotics when a patient's incision is closed.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, says she will leave the agency at the end of June.
More parents were very likely to vaccinate their kids after reading messages saying that other trusted parents have done so or that the vaccine is safe.
Experts call on governments and health officials to focus more on infection prevention in their efforts to fight antimicrobial resistance and other threats.
Africa has had a 7.4% case increase, with 111 new infections in the most recent 2 weeks.
Some studies that relied on menstrual tracking apps and self-reports noted a relationship between vaccination and menstrual disturbances.
COVID-19 trailed only heart disease, cancer, and accidental injuries as a cause of death.
An analysis of gut bacteria in premature infants suggests antibiotic use promotes the growth of bacterial strains that can cause bloodstream infections.
The drug has no therapeutic equivalents, meaning that some prostate cancer patients have been unable to secure their only treatment option.
The WHO COVID-19 emergency committee is meeting today to discuss if the situation still warrants a public health emergency of international concern.
A 3-dose vaccination series was 42% effective against infection and 82% effective against hospitalization or death during Omicron.
The rate of 3 healthcare-associated infections hit a 5-year high in US hospitals during COVID-19.
Eleven outbreaks in 25 years included 187 Salmonella cases and 42 hospitalizations across 21 states.
As flu levels taper off in the Northern Hemisphere, some Southern Hemisphere nations have reported increased detections in recent weeks.
The country has already confirmed 49 measles cases, compared with 54 for all of 2022.
Bivalent vaccines were 72% effective overall against Omicron infection in Japan.
An ongoing clinical trial shows a 94.1% reduction in risk of severe illness.
Gambia is the latest country in Africa to report H5N1, which was found in shorebirds.
