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India's cases are at the highest level in 6 months, as the US experiences a politically charged unwinding of its COVID health emergencies.
Nearly two-thirds of patients hospitalized with flu, RSV, or COVID-19 received antibiotics, but they had a higher risk of death than those who didn't.
Though COVID deaths drove part of the widening gap, other factors such as unintentional injuries involving opioids and alcohol also played a role.
Previously, the drug had only been used for treating adults with complicated infections in hospital settings.
The countries with highest incidences include Bolivia, Nicaragua, Belize, and Brazil.
The new analysis includes death records and out-of-hospital heart attacks, finding a more robust connection than an earlier study.
Antibiotic development faces tough challenges, which are even steeper when the target patients are children.
The latest evidence suggests clinical expertise, rather than a fixed time interval, should guide decisions on proceeding with surgery in recovered COVID patients.
For the first time, the recommendations factor in cost-effectiveness for vaccinating those at lower risk, partly due to concerns about maintaining coverage of crucial routine vaccines such as measles.
Recently approved for emergency use, the first combo at-home test for COVID-19 also marks the first self-test for flu.
Two of the outbreaks involved upland game bird farms, and another struck a live-bird market in New York's Queens County.
The most common symptoms on day 10 were shortness of breath (38.7%), cough (31.8%), insomnia (31.5%), and fatigue (29.3%).
The illness is China's third involving H3N8 since 2022.
Though no new cases reported in the two outbreaks, groups released new details about the Marburg virus spread in each country.
The four groups recently had their first face-to-face meeting and a few months ago released a detailed action plan.
Using several public datapoints, the group looked for trends including any that might signal tradeoffs between COVID burden and economic and educational outcomes.
Analysis of E coli from human infections and packaged meat suggested 8% of the clinical isolates originated in meat.
In other developments, Pakistan reported its first WPV1 case of the year, and the DRC and Indonesia reported more vaccine-derived cases.
Survey results also revealed that women who had been sick with COVID were more likely to report heavy bleeding, missed periods, and spotting.
To mark the observance, there were useful status reports and news of a high-level group that will lead a stronger push against TB in high-burden countries.
