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H9N2 avian flu has been confirmed in three children under 11, while H1N1v flu infected two preschool girls.
The drugs were highly safe and effective at reducing the severity of COVID-19 infections before the latest variants, especially among unvaccinated people.
Clashes of values and political differences didn't cause the policy failures, but were the result of them, the group found.
The Cochrane Review analysis finds fecal microbiota transplantation likely leads to a large decrease in recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection compared with antibiotics.
Long COVID was diagnosed at 6 months in 19% in the molnupiravir group and 22% in the no-treatment group.
The proportion of residents who received benefits without a preceding 3-day hospitalization rose from 3% to 18% from 2020 to 2021.
Nearly two thirds of antibiotics dispensed in community pharmacies around the world are given without a prescription.
No transmission was noted in encampments, despite potential sharing of sleeping bags, clothes, and utensils.
The latest case raises the country's outbreak total to 9, and the death lifts the fatality count to 6.
Immigrant families living in the United States took some of the hardest economic hits during COVID-19.
Dog-based COVID-19 detection takes only seconds and is free of medical waste.
XBB.1.16 doesn't seem to come with additional health risks compared to XBB.1.5, but it may become dominant in some countries.
Shielded people had a slightly higher known infection rate—5.9% versus 5.7%—compared with controls.
The 11 new cases raise the state's total since the virus was first detected early last year to 12.
The case lifts Equatorial Guinea's number of confirmed infections to 17, which includes 12 deaths.
All isolates were resistant to at least one antibiotic, with the vast majority of Salmonella and Shigella isolates resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
New data show that that 78% of compassionate-use bacteriophage treatments given to patients since 2018 have resulted in a favorable outcome.
The study results were announced at the 35th International Papillomavirus Conference in Washington, DC, this week.
The rate of suicide attempts through poisoning rose 30% in 2021 over prepandemic (2019) rates.
The subvariant could spread globally and fuel increased cases, due its growth advantage and immune escape properties.
