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Mislabeling patients as allergic to penicillin can lead to antibiotics treatments that aren't as effective and problems from overuse of broad-spectrum drugs.
With multiple factors fueling the surge, 9 infant deaths have been reported since cases started rising in November.
The additional cat detections are from 2 states battling the virus in cows: Minnesota and Michigan.
FEMA has said it expects to fulfill funding obligations for the pandemic through August 2026.
Raw Farm (formerly Organic Pastures) of Fresno, California, has been linked to the outbreak.
Prescribers followed surgical antibiotic prophylaxis protocols for only 21% of 1,864 surgeries.
The rise in invasive H influenzae disease came amid eased COVID measures, with babies and seniors the most affected groups.
The company has agreed to withdraw a secondary patent on the drug, which will allow generic suppliers to produce lower-cost versions.
The outbreak at the poultry farm, with more than 1.7 million birds, prompted an emergency declaration from Colorado's governor.
During the follow-up period, 9% of children in the lockdown cohort had at least 1 wheezing episode, compared with 15% in the historical cohort.
The fastest-growing diagnoses were for syphilis, gonorrhea, and HIV/AIDS.
Vaccines may be the best option to combat the increasing incidence of gonorrhea, including drug-resistant forms.
The authors found that 37% of the COVID-positive group suffered quantitative olfactory dysfunction.
The incidence of domestically acquired campylobacteriosis, pathogenic E coli infection, yersiniosis, vibriosis, and cyclosporiasis increased.
South Africa is experiencing its first spike in clade 2 mpox detections since 2022, and outbreak findings suggest ongoing community spread.
The authors say the virus can bind to both avian and human-type cell receptors but doesn't easily spread through respiratory routes.
There were no significant differences in rates of small-for-gestational-age births or stillbirth.
Depression, anxiety, eating disorders, personality disorders, suicide, and self-harm increased in certain groups.
The patients are young cousins from the same household who had contact with dead poultry before they became ill.
The proportion of cases showing resistance or decreased susceptibility to two different antimicrobials nearly doubled from 2020 to 2021.
