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New data show booster vaccine doses protect lymphoma patients from COVID-19, especially after the fourth dose.
The vaccine candidate was safe and produced a strong but waning immune response against the six most common strains of the Borrelia burgdorferi.
Scientists say they found the virus in one of five submitted chicken meat samples that the cats ate.
Infectious disease consultation was associated with a 40% reduced risk of death.
The first clinical trial of a 3-month treatment regimen for tuberculosis is closing enrollment because of a high rate of unfavorable outcomes.
COVID-19 may also lead to brain fog by affecting different brain regions through hyperactivation of the immune response, cell death, or inflammation.
Children at high risk for RSV are eligible for immunoprophylaxis administration during seasonal spikes, and guidelines recommend they receive RSV monoclonal antibodies.
Testing suggests viruses found in cats in Poland are related to those found in the country's poultry and wild birds.
Abundance of antibiotic resistance genes was highest in Africa and second highest in Southeast Asia.
Compared to the established CURB-65 risk-prediction tool, a deep-learning model had a higher specificity at the same sensitivity.
EU nations experienced record Legionnaire's disease cases in 2021, likely due to multiple factors.
Overall, 75% of studies included for review showed an increase in the number of incident cases of type 1 diabetes during the first 12 months of the pandemic.
The findings could help in the structure-based design of pan-coronavirus vaccines and therapies, the authors say.
Subgroup analysis found significant benefits for patients with cancer, cardiovascular disease, or both.
Hospitalization rates for COVID declined further, as did emergency department visits, and deaths held steady at a low level.
The recommendation stipulates that people can get a single dose of the vaccine based on shared clinical decision making, meaning it isn't recommended for everyone in the age group.
The review found that unlike earlier events, most patients in the current outbreak didn't have fever before blisters developed.
A lack of access to medical treatment and lack of knowledge about antibiotic resistance may influence getting antibiotics from unqualified sources.
The results track with earlier findings regarding disease burden, but the mechanisms behind the association need to be fleshed out.
The mosquitoes that tested positive were from the same woodland area in Sarasota County, where infections were confirmed in four people.
