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Nigeria also reported a new case of vaccine-derived polio this week, and three other countries reported positive environmental samples.
A cluster of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa cases at an Idaho hospital was linked to a shared sink.
No waning of bivalent vaccine effectiveness against medical treatment was seen at 2 months in both previously infected and never-infected participants.
The HIV researcher, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will replace Anthony Fauci, MD, who retired at the end of last year.
Official COVID-19 case counts are rising only in the Western Pacific region globally—mainly due to transmission in South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore.
Since 2013, Iowa officials have confirmed 260 cases of chronic wasting disease in 16 counties.
Full or partial adherence to all 7 CDC core elements was reported in only 29% of the hospitals, and 24% had at least 2 deficient core elements.
Bavarian Nordic has received a US government contract for $120 million to manufacture more of its Jynneos smallpox/mpox vaccine.
The test provided no false results, with accurate results obtained after 2 breaths for each participant.
The Moderna vaccine was also tied to a 14% lower risk of contracting COVID-19 in this age-group.
Diagnoses for stage 1 cancers saw the biggest change, with 50% to 60% reductions.
Pfizer said it would continue to fill orders of products for which it has inventory at 100% of historical levels, although there may be local disruptions.
Quaternary-ammonium disinfectants, which are widely used in US hospitals, were less effective.
Use of a rapid PCR test in patients with infectious diarrhea did not reduce antibiotic use compared with stool culture, but the findings might not be generalizable.
Having 2 or more underlying medical conditions raised the risk of ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, and in-hospital death.
If approved, the product would be the first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine specifically designed for adults.
In summer 2020, 11% had moderate to severe depression, but the rate rose to 22% by spring 2021.
Of children with chronic conditions hospitalized with COVID-19, 8.6% required pediatric intensive care unit admission, versus 0.9% in those without them.
Twenty-seven metabolites were still dysregulated in long-COVID patients compared with controls after 2 years.
Two-dose COVID vaccine effectiveness (VE) was 49%, 26%, and 7% for children, teens, and young adults, respectively, but 3-dose VE against death was 65%.
