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Estimated odds of in-hospital death by 30 days was 7% for COVID-19 and 2% for flu.
A CDC-led study suggests the 6.5 million topical antifungal prescriptions filled for Medicare Part D beneficiaries in 2021 is a concern amid the emergence of antifungal-resistant skin infections.
The single-center study found multidrug-resistant bloodstream infections were most common in liver transplant patients.
The WHO has approved the release of 20 million nOPV2 vaccine doses following the Indonesian government's request.
The authors said Mycobacterium bovis continues to spread from deer to humans and cattle and poses a particular risk to people with weakened immune systems.
The authors say the findings highlight the need for standardized reporting protocols, explicit directives, and a shift to automated processes.
The findings are notable in light of a vaccine safety signal detected in January 2023 by the CDC.
A study conducted at a Veterans Affairs hospital found that high-touch surfaces harbored several opportunistic pathogens despite routine disinfection.
Researchers saw an impact lasting as long as 12 months, while noting that hospitalization numbers were also low in unvaccinated teens.
Reinfected participants had a higher likelihood of having pancreatic disease.
A study of two large, integrated health systems found a high incidence of outpatient CDI, despite limited testing of patients with diarrhea.
Animal health groups had warned about the risk of spread to the the region's wildlife.
The initial trial will likely last 18 months, with the next phase expected to take place in a Nipah-affected country.
All patients were hospitalized, with eight needing ICU care.
Estimates after 3 years of clinical use suggest nOPV2 is 80% less likely to seed new variant polio outbreaks.
Of COVID-positive respondents, omnivores had a higher rate of moderate or severe disease than the plant-based group (18% vs 11%).
Seventeen percent of children ages 5 to 11 with sickle-cell disease had been vaccinated, compared with 25% of their counterparts.
The most common adverse event was mild to moderate injection-site pain, which was reported by 60% of vaccinated participants
De-escalating to a narrower-spectrum antibiotic was found to be non-inferior to continuing empiric therapy with antipseudomonal beta-lactams.
The fatal neurodegenerative infection was confirmed in a hunter-harvested cow elk in Elk Hunt Area 28 in late December.
