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Last year the US had 285 measles cases.
Among more than 140,000 visits for ear infection, only 15% used watchful waiting, but treatment failure rates were low and similar to those for children who received antibiotics immediately.
Half of the Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates found in raw milk from dairy cattle and sheep were multidrug resistant.
Ethiopian health authorities are ramping up their response and conducting lab tests to identify the cause of the infection and stop further transmission.
Nineteen-month antibody geometric mean titers were higher among children than in adults, similar to after the primary series.
Early data from the UK and Japan show that the H3N2 subclade K was represented in 90% of flu samples.
The global TB incidence rate fell by 2% in 2024, and TB deaths fell by 3%, but WHO officials say the progress could be wiped out by funding cuts.
Vaccination was 82% effective against hospital admission for any RSV-related respiratory illness and 87% effective against admission for severe RSV.
Eight more cases were reported by the South Carolina Department of Public Health today.
The onset of several conditions, including allergic rhinitis, viral infections, and ear infections, was also delayed after COVID-19 vaccination.
Data from a phase 4 study shows the RTS,S vaccine reduced malaria by 30% and severe malaria by 58% in young children in Ghana, Malawi, and Kenya.
At eight months of follow-up, Jynneos recipients not vaccinated against smallpox had lower binding antibody concentrations than those with infection.
At three months, relative to controls, greater improvements in intervention recipients were also seen for depression and anxiety and handgrip strength.
In the past 30 days officials have confirmed highly pathogenic avian flu in 31 commercial flocks and 31 backyard flocks across the United States.
Nashville also reported its first measles case in 20 years.
High-level tetracycline resistance and reduced susceptibility to cefixime was found in gonorrhea bacteria from doxyPEP users.
Canada had eliminated measles in 1998, 2 years prior to the United States.
Few reviews accounted for study quality, appropriately controlled for relevant confounders, or rigorously ascertained drug use and outcomes when interpreting the evidence, the authors say.
Infants in 10 states have been sickened, and all required hospitalization.
Trial investigators say the results could expand the scale and impact of mass drug administration campaigns against neglected tropical diseases.
