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The US is one of the countries seeing rising proportions of EG.5, a descendant of the XBB.1.9.2 Omicron subvariant.
The mutation was detected in 20% of study participants who never became sick, compared with 9% of their ill counterparts.
The results of a phase 2 trial show the experimental vaccine, when given to pregnant women, substantially reduced the risk of group B streptococcus infection in their infants.
A study found that the recombinant influenza vaccine provided better protection against hospitalization than the standard-dose vaccine.
As a pandemic preparedness step, two UK virologists call on governments to eliminate mink farming.
A policy paper from the American Society for Microbiology calls on policymakers to prioritize science and the role of microbiologists in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
An intervention at VA hospitals may be associated with a reduction in infections following total joint arthroplasty.
A roundup of infectious disease stories in the news.
All boosters considered in this study had waning protection, with peak protection at 2 to 4 weeks after injection.
Children at highest risk of long COVID included girls, older youth, those with underlying illnesses, and hospitalized patients.
Scaling up preventive TB treatment for people with HIV/AIDS and household contacts of newly diagnosed TB patients could save nearly 850,000 lives by 2035, experts estimate.
Clostridioides difficile infection is associated with elevated all-cause and cause-specific mortality.
H5N1 avian flu has been detected on 5 more fur farms, including one housing silver foxes.
A high risk of obstructive sleep apnea is associated with severe COVID-19 and longer hospitalization.
Most COVID-19 cases in Danish K-9 schools in fall 2021 didn't trigger clusters, but when they did, they were large.
E-11 viruses isolated from some of Italy's cases belong to the same genetic cluster as those isolated from France.
Increases in countries that already had good momentum overshadowed struggles other countries had with regaining lost ground.
Studies show that dogs can detect asymptomatic people, those who had long COVID, and new COVID variants.
No clinically relevant changes were noted in risk of preeclampsia and eclampsia, severe maternal illness, cesarean delivery, or preterm birth.
The agreement between Johnson & Johnson and the Stop TB Partnership will make cheaper, generic versions of bedaquiline available in low- and middle-income nations.
