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The 30-day death rate after COVID-19 diagnosis was twice as high in the cancer group than in controls.
Federal officials have been working with companies to find ways to boost the supply of the new vaccine for newborns.
The CDC today said though the BA.2.86 proportion jumped, it doesn't yet appear to be driving case increases.
Chinese officials told the WHO that the increase in respiratory illness in children is linked to increased circulation of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and an uptick in flu, RSV, and adenovirus.
Researchers say the case suggests an unidentified Treponema pallidum strain tied to higher risk for systemic involvement.
This is the country's first outbreak defined by sexual transmission, with several early cases documented in sex workers.
The US outbreak has more than doubled in just a week, has hospitalized at least 45, and has killed 2 Minnesotans.
Cambodia has now reported six H5N1 cases this year.
The outbreak in Georgia is its first at a commercial farm since H5N1 began spreading in US poultry.
The highest flu positivity rates were in the Mountain, south central, southeast, and West Coast regions.
Amid Omicron, relative to participants without long COVID, those with long COVID at 2 years had significantly higher rates of reinfection and pneumonia.
Diffusion microstructure imaging reveals microstructure changes in patients with long COVID and in those who were infected with COVID-19 but did not develop lingering symptoms.
Media reports describe overwhelmed children's hospitals in multiple locations in China.
The study also recovered C difficile spores from patient gowns and surgical scrubs, suggesting those items could be vectors for hospital transmission.
Cameroon is set to receive 331,200 doses of RTS,S, and four other African nations will receive 1.7 million doses in the coming weeks.
Of 1,216 trials, 2% enrolled only children, while 10% included only children or both children and adults, and 90%) enrolled only adults.
The campaign aims to help patients feel more confident that over-the-counter medications, and not antibiotics, are the best treatment for cold and flu symptoms.
The outcomes were notable because the study took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, when many routine immunizations were missed.
Yet more people said they likely won't receive the COVID-19 booster than said they would get it (44% vs 40%).
Following the state's first detection in 2018, CWD has now been found in 17 counties.
