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Overall, the antibiotic prescribing rate was 53% in the testing group and 55% in the control group.
Illness onsets began in October 2022, and two outbreak strains are involved.
Experts are watching impacts from viruses that have the F456L mutation, while tracking the emergence of the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant.
One study found hospitalization was lower among older adults who received the vaccine, while another found significant racial and socioeconomic disparities in vaccine uptake.
The risk of developing venous thromboembolisms is elevated among cancer patients with COVID-19 taking anticancer drugs, new data show.
All new cases involve vaccine-derived strains, including the first of the year in Burundi and Guinea.
Vaccine effectiveness of at least one bivalent dose of vaccine was 80% at a median of 58 days.
In another development, the ECDC added viruses with the F456L change, including EG.5, as variants of interest.
The study suggests that previously observed associations between fluoroquinolone use and risk of hospitalization with aortic aneurysm or dissection may be due to confounding.
The odds of low birth weight rose about 50% in 1918 and 1919, and mothers exposed to pandemic flu during pregnancy were at double the risk for stillbirth.
The Fleming Fund will provide up to $267.5 million to boost antimicrobial resistance surveillance capacity.
New York officials said the case is still under investigation to determine if the patient was exposed to water in New York or elsewhere.
Nearly a third were affiliated with groups with a history of spreading medical misinformation, such as America's Frontline Doctors.
About 1 in 5 men globally have at least one kind of high-risk HPV, the analysis finds.
The grant focuses on infections caused by Staphylococcus, including MRSA, and Candida, an invasive fungus that is often drug-resistant.
County officials have issued a mosquito-borne illness alert following the detection of 2 local dengue cases.
Rather than indoor-outdoor air exchanges per hour, the document describes an "equivalent clean air flow" target per occupant of pathogen-free air.
School shutdowns, increased screen time, and more access to low-quality food are some of the reasons previous research has cited for pandemic weight gain.
About a fourth (24%) of those receiving ICU treatment required invasive mechanical ventilation for a median of 6 days.
The FDA has accepted for priority review Venatorx's cefepime-taniborbactam antibiotic combination for treating complicated urinary tract infections.
