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The newly affected regions are Deer Hunt Areas 31 and 94 and Elk Hunt Area 126.
In related developments, the USDA reported more dairy cow and poultry outbreaks, as Los Angeles Country announced its first H5 wastewater detection.
The infections were caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII (TMVII), a sexually transmitted fungus that causes ringworm.
A hunter harvested the elk next to the lower Ruby Valley, which has a high prevalence of the fatal prion disease in white-tailed and mule deer.
PAHO says it will provide countries in the Americas with affordable access to respiratory syncytial virus vaccine.
Among about 9 million healthcare personnel working in more than 4,000 acute care hospitals, flu vaccine coverage was 81%.
One study found a 25% and 42% higher risk of long COVID among obese and severely obese children, respectively.
All patients required hospitalization, and 7 died from complications.
Expanded screening criteria helped a New York City hospital identify more patients who were colonized with the multidrug-resistant fungus.
Studies conducted in 29 African countries showed the overall pooled prevalence of Shigella bacteria was 5.9%, with concerning levels of antibiotic resistance.
Afghanistan and Pakistan reported more WPV1 cases, as 3 African countries report more vaccine-derived cases.
Activity has persisted beyond seasonal spikes, fueled by multiple factors including vector-control gaps, weather anomalies, and population displacement.
A 3-year-old white-tailed doe tested positive for the fatal prion disease on routine postmortem testing.
The outbreak total now stands at 66 cases, including 15 deaths.
The outbreak has now sickened 90 people in 13 states, with 27 people hospitalized.
Clade 1b has spread to more Ugandan provinces, including some fishing communities.
While rates of patient injuries and infections are on a downward trend, they had not returned to prepandemic levels by 2022.
In other developments, California reported a few more poultry culler illnesses, along with more outbreaks in both dairy cows and commercial poultry.
The case resulted in the stillbirth of the baby.
Data from US pharmacies indicates the volume of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions, after falling sharply in 2020 and 2021, rose to 2019 levels by the end of 2022.
