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As much as 25% of infections in women are not linked to sexual transmission, new data show.
Study suggests that games with high attendance were tied to county-level COVID-19 surges.
The early flu surge is adding to pressure on health systems as they face other respiratory diseases like RSV.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has 6 new cases, and Yemen 4.
Listeria monocytogenes has hospitalized 2 people in 2 states.
As of July, less than 4% of US children 6 months to 4 years old had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
The infection lifts the country's total to 141 lab-confirmed cases, 55 of them fatal.
"This platform will be vital in raising the profile and urgency of addressing AMR."
COVID-19 patients are 55% more likely to develop epilepsy or seizures than with flu.
"We see concerning increases in the number of deaths attributable to infections with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria."
Implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) across a four-hospital health system was linked to a substantial decrease in the use of fluoroquinolones and increased susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli to levofloxacin, finds a
New highly pathogenic avian flu outbreaks have been reported in poultry in six states.
Preschoolers of parents who had been vaccinated against COVID appeared to have 97% protection against Delta and 79% protection against Omicron.
The shorter 6-month regimen could save enough to supply 400,000 people with almost a year's worth of treatment.
Data show a 20% higher risk of developing diabetes following COVID compared to other upper respiratory viruses.
Three of the patients had recent contact with camels.
Nearly 15% of 62,525 COVID-19 patients had contraindications to the antiviral drug.
In some nations in the Americas, 3 viral diseases are straining hospitals.
Teachers were at 40% higher risk of reporting anxiety than were healthcare workers.
