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The trial, conducted in the United Kingdom, found that a procalcitonin-guided algorithm didn't reduce IV antibiotic duration when compared with usual care.
Among 547 episodes of C difficile infection documented in cancer patients in Australia and Spain, 50% were severe, and the 90-day recurrence rate was 16%
The ECDC says there have been 11 cases in Europe since August 2024, all mild.
The deer was in the Hog Heaven Management Zone of the reservation, located in the western part of the state.
Tests results are pending for additional commercial raw pet food samples.
Myocardial involvement occurred in 690 of 1,140 participants (61%).
North American CWD prion strains have been detected in cervid muscle tissue, but this is the first identification of European CWD prion strains in cervid muscle.
As sporadic H9N2 infections continue in China, rarer H10N3 infections in the past few years now total 4.
Participants who received at least 1 COVID-19 vaccine booster dose had a 30% lower risk of long-COVID symptoms than their unvaccinated peers.
The $3.5 million award will support development of Melio's rapid, culture-free diagnostic testing platform.
A trial in 3 African countries finds a fixed-dose combination of ivermectin and albendazole more effective than albendazole alone in treating soil-transmitted helminths.
Hospitalization rates are on an upward trend for all 3 viruses, with the highest levels for flu.
Eleven of the 15 deer tested positive for the virus in respiratory swab samples.
Officials are still investigating how the child contracted the virus. In other developments, the USDA today confirmed the first outbreak in Puerto Rico's poultry.
The outbreak occurred last summer and fall and sickened at least 61 people from 19 states.
The virus was identified through sequencing of serum samples from patients in China with fever and recent tick bites.
The infected 1-year-old buck was harvested November 23 on private land less than 10 miles from borders with Calumet and Sheboygan counties.
A review and meta-analysis finds that an estimated 1 in 10 children in Ethiopia are infected with Salmonella or Shigella at any given time.
RSV illness lasted a mean of 12 days, and 46% of parents reported missed work days due to a child's illness.
But flu vaccination wasn't tied to a reduction in key COVID-19 symptoms.
