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The low incidence of pathogens with bioterrorism potential would hamper efforts to isolate them from natural sources for intentional release, the authors say.
Data show COVID-19 vaccines are safe in older adults and when administered with non-COVID vaccines.
The FDA warns consumers and retailers in 3 states about raw oysters imported from South Korea that may be contaminated with norovirus.
55% of respondents said they had worse mental health than before the pandemic.
Previous infection was significantly associated with testing negative for COVID-19, while private lodging in Berlin was tied to a higher infection rate than hotel accommodations.
Shortages of two drugs—cisplatin and carboplatin—are dire enough that the FDA is working with a Chinese manufacturer and a Canadian drugmaker on importing alternatives.
The relative risk reduction for participants who received adintrevimab as post-exposure prophylaxis was 75%.
The high-income country with the most hospital-associated drug-resistant infections per year was the United States.
Antibiotic days of therapy decreased 30% in the long-term care units but did change in the acute-care units.
Penicillin G is on CIDRAP's Resilient Drug Supply Project's list of 156 critical acute drugs.
The disease was found in a targeted male mule deer near Rock Springs in the west central part of the state.
Global flu activity continues to decline, but markers show increases in some Southern Hemisphere nations.
Following infection, 24% had partial and 4% had no no smell recovery, while 21% had partial and 3% had no recovery of taste.
In US developments, cases remain low, though Minnesota reported its first infections of 2023.
Among 55 long-COVID patients, about 60% had signs of persistent inflammation, including elevated neutrophil activation, while recovered and uninfected participants did not.
The reduction in risk may warrant clinicians using metformin for COVID-19 patients sooner rather than later.
The increase was driven by COVID-19–associated fungal infections.
The modeling study projects a significant health and economic impact from drug-resistant infections from 2020 to 2030.
A single dose of the vaccine candidate triggered neutralizing antibody production in 98.9% of recipients 28 days later.
The case marks the third in mainland China in the past 6 months.
