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New estimates suggest 3.75 million deaths annually are linked to invasive fungal infections, of which 2.55 million are directly attributable.
Intravacc will receive an award of $633,000 to develop its meningococcal outer membrane vesicle vaccine for preventing gonorrhea infections.
H5N6, known to circulate in poultry, is often severe or fatal after the rare jumps to humans.
Health officials are identifying people who were exposed, including those on specific flights.
The virus was not detectable from the oral and nasal swabs of elk.
It's unknown when supplies of the Pfizer's penicillin G drug will be replenished.
Some downward trends might reflect changes in holiday-related health seeking behaviors.
Vaccine efficacy against long COVID ranged from 29% to 52%.
Estimated odds of in-hospital death by 30 days was 7% for COVID-19 and 2% for flu.
A CDC-led study suggests the 6.5 million topical antifungal prescriptions filled for Medicare Part D beneficiaries in 2021 is a concern amid the emergence of antifungal-resistant skin infections.
The single-center study found multidrug-resistant bloodstream infections were most common in liver transplant patients.
The WHO has approved the release of 20 million nOPV2 vaccine doses following the Indonesian government's request.
The authors said Mycobacterium bovis continues to spread from deer to humans and cattle and poses a particular risk to people with weakened immune systems.
The authors say the findings highlight the need for standardized reporting protocols, explicit directives, and a shift to automated processes.
The findings are notable in light of a vaccine safety signal detected in January 2023 by the CDC.
A study conducted at a Veterans Affairs hospital found that high-touch surfaces harbored several opportunistic pathogens despite routine disinfection.
Researchers saw an impact lasting as long as 12 months, while noting that hospitalization numbers were also low in unvaccinated teens.
Reinfected participants had a higher likelihood of having pancreatic disease.
A study of two large, integrated health systems found a high incidence of outpatient CDI, despite limited testing of patients with diarrhea.
Animal health groups had warned about the risk of spread to the the region's wildlife.
