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Senegal's Rift Valley fever outbreak now has 302 confirmed cases.
About 90% of the cases reported in Canada in the past year have been in unvaccinated residents.
The overall estimated RSV incidence in young children was about 3 times higher in ambulatory care than in emergency departments.
A large-language model developed by researchers accurately extracted signs and symptoms of sepsis from the admission notes of more than 93,000 patients.
A study in China finds that the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in cigarette butts is 1.24-fold higher than in plant litter and 1.48-fold higher than in soil.
So far this year Los Angeles County has documented 14 West Nile virus cases.
Chicken farms in Georgia and Pennsylvania were also hit with high-path avian flu.
The ACIP policymaking maturity rating fell from an overall score of 100% to 58% from April to September this year.
The researchers also discovered that UTIs in patients from high-poverty neighborhoods were 60% more likely to be caused by animal-to-human strains.
While the risk to the general public is low, men who have sex with men are at moderate risk, authorities say.
More than 58,000 cholera cases have been reported over the past 9 months in the country, with 1,700 deaths.
An outbreak centered largely in twin towns on the Arizona-Utah border has now reached 124 measles cases.
Six Canada geese in Campaign County, Illinois, died from H5N1, as did 6 geese found in Kent County, Michigan.
One study found fairly high rates of flu, mumps, and hepatitis A, and the other found that only 28% of adults have been vaccinated against tetanus and diphtheria.
So far there have been 277 confirmed cases and 22 deaths in Senegal's Rift Valley fever outbreak.
The total represents the most US infections since 1992.
Adjusted effectiveness against emergency department visits/hospitalizations was 95% among patients aged 75 and older.
A high percentage of respondents said they were aware of the tick-borne disease and spent time outdoors, but less than half said they took measures to prevent infection.
The findings underscore the need to explore alternative therapeutic approaches to managing persistent symptoms, the authors say.
Avian flu activity is increasing across the county after relatively few detections this summer.
