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Infants younger than 6 months are at 3 times the risk for admission.
The newly appointed work group leader has called mRNA vaccine dangerous and said they should be removed from the market.
Agency officials say their analysis indicates the benefits of the vaccine, which contains a weakened form of the chikungunya virus, do not outweigh the risks.
So far, US federal officials have not confirmed any cases in animals this year.
A decolonization intervention at three US nursing homes reduced carriage of multidrug-resistant organisms in residents, but rooms of those still colonized were highly contaminated.
The strain is genetically related to one that caused a 2012-14 reptile-related outbreak of 160 cases in 35 states.
In US developments, New Jersey health officials are tracking transit exposures linked to the state's latest confirmed case.
Findings suggest more efforts are needed to boost uptake of new tools to protect against the leading cause of hospitalization in infants.
A study of more than 4 million children in South Korea found no association between antibiotic exposure during pregnancy or early infancy and increased incidence of six autoimmune diseases.
Emergency department visits are rising for all age groups and are highest in young children.
In other developments, Wisconsin has 5 more cases from Oconto County and Pennsylvania's health department warned of exposure in 4 counties visited by a sick out-of-state traveler.
The CDC reported five more influenza-associated pediatric deaths, bringing the total for the 2024-25 flu season to 275.
COVID-19 survivors were at higher risk for asthma (66%), allergic rhinitis (27%), and chronic rhinosinusitis (74%).
Meanwhile, the US authorized the transfer of 219,000 vaccine doses, and the DR Congo deployed vaccine doses from Japan.
The findings provide another hint that the rare bacterial infection, typically linked to travel to tropical regions, might have domestic sources in the US.
Lack of links to earlier cases and no travel history suggest measles may be spreading in the northern part of the state.
Swiss biotech start-up Baxiva AG will receive $3 million to develop a multivalent glycoconjugate vaccine that targets invasive extraintestinal pathogenic E coli infections.
Drug affordability varied considerably, with the highest median affordability in Europe and the Western Pacific and the lowest in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Rising temperatures, longer summers, milder winters, and changing rainfall patterns are creating more favorable conditions for mosquito populations.
The group said HHS Secretary Kennedy is complicit in dismantling the US public health infrastructure and endangering the nation’s health by sowing scientific misinformation.
