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20 more people in the West Texas region have measles.
The CDC is tracking growing proportions of dengue serotype 4 in travel-related infections.
Researchers found "exceedingly high" levels of gonococcal tetracycline resistance in 8 African and Asian countries.
Wyoming's Horse Creek becomes the 4th elk feeding ground in the state to test positive since January, and Louisiana's Catahoula Parish reports the first case in wild deer outside of Tensas Parish.
Amid economic and food supply concerns, officials continue to track animal detections, and scientists assess pathogenicity and treatment.
Only 4% of survey respondents report having consumed raw (unpasteurized) milk in the past year.
Overall incidence of infections caused by 6 antimicrobial-resistant pathogens declined from 2012 through 2022, but hospital-onset cases significantly increased during COVID.
Lower risks for vaccinated participants were also seen when restricting the analyses to the pre-Omicron and Omicron periods, sex, age, or previous infection.
So far, the West Texas outbreak has resulted in at least 259 measles cases.
The North American lineage H7N9 virus was last detected in US poultry in 2017.
Grant County, in the northeast part of the state, was added to the state's CWD containment area in 2015 because it is near other counties with CWD-positive cases.
Though effective for other pathogens, the aging process didn't inactivate H5N1 avian flu virus in most raw cheese samples.
Texas has added 36 new measles cases, pushing the US case count to 301.
From 2021 to 2023, 23% of participants developed long-COVID symptoms, with 56% of those infected in 2021 reporting symptoms for 2 years.
Like the recent WHO recommendation, the picks change the H3N2 strain for egg- and cell-based vaccines.
Fever was shortened by 2 day in kids with upper respiratory tract infections who received a probiotic mixture compared with those who received a placebo.
Of the 4 infected men aged 27 to 78 years, 1 was exposed to the virus in a hospital, and 1 was indirectly exposed to camels and their raw milk.
Also, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization (SAGE) is meeting this week to discuss polio vaccines and other issues.
Milk losses, mortality, and herd removal led to an estimated $737,500 loss to the farm over the observation period.
Outbreak challenges include keeping up with testing in the DRC and rising deaths and overwhelmed treatment centers in parts of Uganda.
