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Among hospitalized patients in Israel, exposure to any antibiotic was associated with double the risk for C difficile infection.
Alongside the UK uptick, other countries in other world regions have reported recent poultry outbreaks.
The program, which has battled tickborne disease since 1906, will now round-up stray livestock for preventive screwworm treatment.
The authors show how a relatively small serosurveillance scheme could complement traditional surveillance, enhancing epidemic understanding and forecast modeling.
The survey of adults in EDs in 8 US cities finds 86% were not up to date with recommended vaccines, but nearly half said they would be willing to get a missing shot if offered.
US adults with long COVID had a nearly 3-fold increased risk of additional hospitalization compared with those who had SARS-CoV-2 infections but not long COVID.
The CDC projects that COVID infections are growing or likely growing in most states.
France has now reported 63 local chikungunya cases from 16 different administrative units.
Vaccination of all US adults may be attractive not only for its expected health gains but also for its economic benefits, the authors say.
Cases and deaths have already outpaced totals for 2024, and new outbreaks have emerged in Gambia, Cameroon, and Mozambique.
The WHO guidance aims to spur development of in vitro diagnostic tests that can quickly and accurately identify serious bacterial infections in infants and newborns.
Among patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia in Georgia and Tennessee, 14% had pneumococcal pneumonia.
Anyone in Central Harlem experiencing flu-like symptoms should seek medical care.
For infants born from October to February, maternal vaccination was cost-effective, but nirsevimab was cost-effective only in those born in October and November.
Officials estimated that 228 fewer babies younger than 3 months older were hospitalized for serious RSV infection during the peak of the season, a number they hope will increase as more women are vaccinated.
The odds of a respiratory tract infection and any infection were lower in the SARS-CoV-2 group.
Experts say the move risks national security by leaving the US vulnerable to the next pandemic virus.
The recent cases don't have epi connections, but fruit bats known to harbor the virus were seen in the outbreak area.
Three more outbreaks were reported, bringing the year's total to 32, double the number reported for all of 2024.
Seven of the 15 cases from Cambodia this year have been fatal, resulting in a case-fatality rate of 46.6%.
