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Sixteen of 18 people sickened (89%) reported eating meats sliced at deli counters (not packaged meats).
In the entire cohort, 17,704 infants (5.2%) had a major congenital anomaly.
A randomized trial suggests simple interventions for patients with respiratory illness could reduce illness duration, aid antimicrobial stewardship efforts.
Rural children had longer travel times than their urban peers in all demographic subgroups and both vaccine age-groups.
Two wastewater systems show high levels across most of the country.
Colorado's latest layer farm outbreak occurred not far from where culling workers were infected in a similar event.
2-year-olds showed an altered immune response to childhood vaccines in T-cell expression.
A total of 15,700 death certificates listed COVID-19 as a contributing condition, and 3 of 4 recorded a COVID-19 complication or pre-existing condition as the cause.
The highest risk of developing long COVID was seen among patients infected with the original strain of the virus, when no vaccines were available.
Officials are investigating the link to two recent miscarriages and have found clues in earlier blood samples and patient outcomes from the 1980s.
Over 90% of COVID-19 survivors had no neutralizing antibody activity at 10 months, implying that they had lost protection from reinfection.
Lentocilin is the second drug to get FDA clearance for temporary import as rising syphilis infections outstrip treatment supply, including for newborns.
Approved in 2018 for treating pneumonia and skin infections, the drug has shown activity against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant strains.
A lower risk of severe COVID-19 reinfection and hospitalization was seen with a longer time since dengue infection.
Scientists said until the newer more closely matched vaccine is approved, earlier licensed vaccines might be a useful bridge, if needed.
The authors said the rise in antimicrobial resistance in 2020-2021 is likely due in part to the effects of COVID-19, which pushed hospitals to the brink.
The effects were especially apparent among 16-year-olds, those with parents with lower educational attainment, and those with lower genetic susceptibility to depression.
The guidance focused on four key areas, which ranged from biomarkers pathogen testing to guide prescribing to watchful waiting and delayed prescribing.
Children with a vaccine-hesitant parent varied by vaccine: 56% for COVID, 31% for flu, 30% for HPV, and 12% for other childhood illnesses.
The findings showed lower risks of death, intensive care unit admission, and need for ventilation among Paxlovid recipients.
