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The analysis draws on data from more than 132 million people.
Martin Kulldorff, PhD, has been appointed chief science officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
Analysis of more than 400 studies reveals no evidence that delaying the universal hepatitis B vaccine birth dose improves safety or effectiveness.
Only 1 state—Louisiana—reported high influenza-like illness.
The case total in South Carolina related to the Upstate outbreak has now reached 76.
The findings for children with congenital Zika syndrome were independent of microcephaly.
Vinay Prasad claimed—but provided no evidence—that COVID-19 vaccines caused the death of 10 children.
Last year, only 84% of children received the first dose and 76% received the second dose of measles vaccine worldwide.
Children born to an asthmatic parent and not hospitalized for RSV bronchiolitis were at nearly double the risk of asthma as those born to parents without asthma.
Five health care workers were infected during this outbreak, 3 of whom died.
Three new deaths have been confirmed in the outbreak, bringing the death toll to 8.
All 37 infants with botulism have required hospitalization.
The association may be explained by shared biological pathways, such as chronic inflammation and neuroinflammation.
A coalition of groups is asking the agency to ban pesticides containing oxytetracycline, streptomycin, gentamicin, kasugamycin, ipflufenoquin, and triazole fungicides.
The mosquitoes, captured above Mali and Ghana, were found to be infected with arboviruses, protozoans, and parasitic worms that cause human diseases.
The US now has almost 1,800 measles cases.
Ralph Abraham did not publicly respond to a whooping cough outbreak in Louisiana earlier this year for 2 months.
The vaccine was fully protective in a small human challenge model, showing superior efficacy to the conventional 4-strain flu vaccine.
Although the overall risk was low, Canadian researchers found trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole was associated with increased risk of acute respiratory failure in 10- to 25-year-olds.
More than 25,000 cases of whooping cough have been reported so far in 2025.
