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Many public health preparedness directors had to tap into state or national antiviral stockpiles.
The real-world findings underscore the need to manage drug interactions in patients treated with Paxlovid.
The frequency of resistant isolates remains relatively low compared to the number of patients treated with the drug.
Test positivity is still very low, and most subtyped samples are the H1N1 influenza A virus.
Deaths were up a bit, but hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and test positivity trended downward.
Europe had the biggest mpox rise in September, though the Western Pacific region continues to report the highest levels.
Until the Omicron wave in late 2021 and early 2022, Hong Kong had one of the lowest COVID-19 prevalence rates across the globe.
A time-series analysis suggested that patients who acquired COVID-19 in the hospital were the main source of viral spread to other patients.
In patients undergoing knee, hip, and shoulder replacement, administering prophylactic vancomycin in addition to cefazolin did not reduce surgical site infections.
The injectable monoclonal antibody is one of two new prevention strategies to cut the RSV burden in newborns.
Advanced maternal age, obesity, Asian race, and private insurance were all correlated to COVID-19 vaccine uptake.
The studies examined trends in hospitalized patients, and the authors said the findings support the need for better infection-prevention strategies in the region.
A total of 7% of residents with HIV were reinfected with SARS-CoV-2, compared with 5% of those without HIV.
The bats were tested as part of the response to a Nipah virus outbreak in Kozhikode district, where spillovers have been reported before.
Urinary symptoms were not associated with COVID-19 severity.
mRNA COVID-19 vaccination halved the risk of Guillain-Barre.
Sixteen of 30 case-patients were linked to wild-bird exposure, and sequencing found a similar Salmonella strain in dead songbirds.
Comparing symptoms at 1-month and 3-month follow-up, one study observed a declining trend of long COVID, from 82.1% to 66.7%.
Minnesota and South Dakota reported more outbreaks at commercial turkey farms.
The country struggles with low DPT vaccination levels, especially in the outbreak area.
