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Activity is rising in Europe and Central Asia, with declines in other regions, including parts of East Asia and the Arabian Peninsula.
Obesity prevalence among children ages 4 to 5 years increased by 45% during the first year of the pandemic.
The toilet seat had the most contamination, while walls had little.
The two groups will combine efforts to genetically track threats ranging from mosquito borne pathogens to pandemic flu.
Babies exposed to COVID in-utero had triple the risk, but it wasn't as high when moms were vaccinated.
The CRISPR-engineered bacteriophage therapy from Locus Biosciences targets urinary tract infections caused by drug-resistant E coli.
Lack of human resources, absence of leadership, and limited microbiology laboratory support are some of the issues cited.
Senators said they're hopeful about vaccine development, but worry that trade agreements aren't keeping pace with scientific progress.
At 90-days post-infection, 8% of vaccinated cases were still reporting symptoms, compared with 27% of unvaccinated cases.
Both sperm concentration and total sperm number were significantly lower 3 months after infections.
The six studies that examined all-cause death and the 13 on diabetes-related death showed consistent increases in both.
The findings could help inform real-time guidance, as ongoing scientific study continues.
Discordant findings on Paxlovid and long COVID illustrate why more trials are needed.
Investigators say the strategy is readily applicable in low- and middle-income countries, where high rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia drive antibiotic use.
Reduced antibiotic consumption was related to de-escalation and discontinuation of empiric antibiotic therapy during the intervention period.
Over the course of the study period, average daily use of three electronic message systems increased.
Officials recently warned that Europe's measles cases rose more than 30-fold in 2023.
Non-exclusive licensing of the yeast strain by developers will allow others to develop effective, low-cost vaccines.
Experts say the updated definition and new scoring system is better at identifying children with sepsis and has the potential to improve care and outcomes.
Wastewater estimates suggest that clinical cases underestimate the true burden by a factor of 2- to 19-fold.
