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It’s been 2 weeks since South Carolina’s last reported measles case.
Giving Tamiflu to 70% of nursing home residents within 2 days of an outbreak is linked to significantly fewer hospitalizations.
A growing number of parents are rejecting vitamin K shots for newborns, a choice that dramatically increases the risk of bleeding and strokes in infants.
In an observational study, researchers found highly vaccinated cancer patients diagnosed with COVID during the Omicron wave did not have a higher risk of long COVID than did noninfected cancer patients.
RSV vaccination is recommended for all adults age 75 and older, but only about 40% received a vaccine by the end of the 2024-25 respiratory virus season.
Historically, most mpox cases in Europe have been related to travel.
The request is difficult to honor, given that blood centers don’t ask donors if they’ve been vaccinated and don’t label blood accordingly, and it comes with serious issues.
About 44% reported burnout, which is linked to a higher likelihood of switching jobs or leaving practice altogether.
A rapid, direct-from-urine test developed by UK researchers returned antibiotic susceptibility results in under 6 hours.
Fluvoxamine reduces fatigue in people with long COVID, at least in the short term, according to a new study that tested the drug against a placebo.
A 3-year-old Cambodian boy infected with H5N1 avian flu is the country's third human case of 2026.
Adults in their 30s with underlying conditions face up to a 31% increased risk of shingles.
More than 2.5 million people worldwide were infected with meningitis in 2023, according to a comprehensive global assessment.
Researchers say the findings suggest that new antibiotics alone aren't enough to reduce mortality rates in patients with highly drug-resistant bacterial infections.
Studies have found that the drug is no better than placebo at healing active mpox lesions, relieving pain, or clearing the virus.
A case study found indications of Ebola virus in breast milk 14 weeks after recovery, even as blood tests were negative.
Syphilis cases in the Seattle area fell by 52% overall after the intervention was implemented, but no effect was seen on congenital syphilis.
Cases in Texas grew by 23, but for more than a week South Carolina has not recorded any new infections.
From 2022 to 2024, flu vaccine coverage declined by 12%.
A study of children in Massachusetts finds that scores on an executive function test dropped dramatically after the pandemic began.
