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The outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease began in late September following an intense rainy season.
The US Senate and House of Representatives have included funding for GAVI in their foreign assistance appropriations bill.
Widespread immunization was tied to an 86% drop in hospital admissions.
Reduced funding will erode decades of progress and impede future advancements, but there is hope for the future with alternative resources.
One appointee has erroneously claimed COVID-19 vaccines cause miscarriages.
Rift Valley fever is a mosquito-borne disease that primarily affects livestock.
Debio1453 is a first-in-class antibiotic candidate that targets an enzyme that’s essential for the growth of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet in March to finalize any deer-management changes prompted by the discovery.
The findings also highlight the incremental protection of the vaccine against severe illness and hospitalization.
South Carolina has reported 310 measles cases in the past 6 months.
Economic instability was tied to a more than double risk of long COVID, but economic instability without food insecurity was not.
At 10 US hospitals, a discharge-focused audit-and-feedback intervention didn't lower antibiotic use at discharge when compared with the pre-intervention baseline.
A growing number of states are pushing back against sweeping changes to the US childhood vaccine schedule.
As of January 3, the CDC said there have been 17 pediatric flu deaths this season.
Cases rise as government leaders minimize the need for vaccines.
Investigators believe the genetically modified live attenuated vaccine could provide more potent immunity to cholera than the killed, whole-cell vaccines used in endemic areas and outbreak settings.
But vaccine uptake was suboptimal, particularly for the flu vaccine.
The new analysis draws on data from more than 54,000 pregnancies.
Gaps remain in implementing the rules established in the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act, the GAO says.
The announcement comes amid growing uncertainty around US vaccine policy.
