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A measles outbreak that began late last year in western Nepal has grown to 690 cases, the WHO says.
The survey found that infection control and antibiotic stewardship interventions requiring staff, time, and specialized training were used less frequently in 2021.
The skunks were found dead in residential areas of Vancouver and a city just south of there, prompting warnings about handling sick and dead animals.
Pandemic-related family financial struggles were tied to increases of 205% in perceived stress and 112% in sadness.
Estimated 1-dose protection against symptomatic mpox was 78% after at least 14 days, ranging from 71% to 85% in sensitivity analyses.
Less than 6 hours of sleep a night in the days before and after flu and hepatitis A and B vaccination was associated with a lower immune response.
All told, 53 cases in Turkey, 12 in Germany, and 1 each in Austria and Switzerland have been linked to botulism neurotoxin injections at 2 hospitals in Turkey.
Brazil's drug regulatory agency has approved Japan-based Takeda's 4-strain vaccine against dengue virus for use in people ages 4 to 60 years old.
Though current 2.3.4.4b clade H5N1 viruses still prefer avian receptors, scientists are closely watching mutations that may influence virulence and replication in mammals.
Venous thromboembolism occurred in 292 of 398,530 patients (0.1%) over the follow-up period, for an overall rate of 0.26 per 100 person-years.
Protection of 4 doses of COVID vaccine against BA.5 infection among COVID-naïve participants was 16.1%, while it was 89.5% and 94.3% among those previously infected with BA.1 and BA.2, respectively.
The latest issue of Eurosurveillance includes 3 reports on antibiotic-resistant infections in Europe.
Of 79 rats, 4 (5%) tested positive for COVID-19, and 13 (16.5%) tested positive for wild-type SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G or immunoglobulin M antibodies.
US data show the likelihood of an inappropriate antibiotic for an upper respiratory tract infection declined with each additional minute spent in a primary care visit.
There is no cheap alternative to liquid albuterol, which is used in nebulizers to treat children too young to use an inhaler.
Fever and cough were more common with the Delta and Omicron variants, but rates of hospitalization and ICU admission stayed the same over time.
US legislators vote to declassify info about SARS-CoV-2 origins, the Cochrane Review issues a clarification, and XBB.1.5 now makes up nearly 90% of US cases.
People with chronic hepatitis B infection are at increased risk for liver cancer and cirrhosis and are 70% to 85% more likely to die prematurely.
Patients who expected antibiotics for a respiratory infection were more likely to receive them, even during COVID-19.
Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, and Nigeria all have new cases, and the GPEI confirms the earlier-reported case in Israel.
