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US health officials are eying ways to reduce the spread of the virus over colder months and the holiday season.
Tularemia, or "rabbit fever," is an occupational risk for farmers, foresters, and veterinarians and is listed by the CDC as 1 of 6 high-priority bioterrorism agents.
So far 7 variant flu cases have been reported during the 2024-25 flu season in the US.
Illness-onset dates range from March 11 to July 26, with patient ages ranging from less than 1 year to 94.
Adjusted comparative vaccine effectiveness against medical visits in the high-dose, adjuvanted, and standard-dose cell-based vaccine groups were 9%, 17%, and −6%, respectively.
The study will collect and analyze data on war wounds linked to the conflict in Ukraine.
The analysis suggests administration of Rebyota is associated with significant restoration of microbiota and bile acid composition.
A trial in Niger finds that giving the antibiotic to all children up to 5 years old had a bigger impact on childhood mortality than limiting it to younger kids.
Absenteeism rates were 10.6 percentage points higher among students learning from home in districts in the top quintile of poverty than those receiving face-to-face instruction.
The agency approved of the single-strain mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for people aged 12 and older and granted emergency use authorization for those aged 6 months to 11 years.
The patient is a 66-year-old European man who had arrived in Thailand last week from an unspecified African country.
Its benefits in reducing symptoms or severity are unclear, the authors say.
The new funding brings US support for the outbreak response to $55 million.
The index is a step toward a tool that could someday be used to identify long COVID in children but is not ready for clinical use, the authors say.
In a proof-of-concept study, researchers used the technique to characterize the bacterial pathogen population at an Italian hospital during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The agency announced $9 million in research grants to measure the environmental and health impact of AMR in treated municipal wastewater discharge.
The team found a modest but statistically significant higher relative risk of having gestational diabetes in those who had COVID during pregnancy.
Effectiveness was consistent across sexes and age-groups: 80% in females, 86% in males, 80% in children, and 83% in adults.
As more groups offer vaccine donations, cases are spiking in Burundi, one of the newly affected countries.
A second study found good protection against hospitalization--although uneven uptake--among pregnant women.
