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After a tough flu season, doctors are seeing fewer people with influenza.
The CDC and FDA continue to investigate the E coli outbreak, which has sickened 9 people in 3 states.
Disinfection may help reduce contamination on surgical implants but doesn’t eliminate it entirely.
Prescribing is substantially below the estimated 260,000 annual treatment courses needed to achieve US elimination targets.
As measles cases resurge worldwide, the findings highlight the persistent challenge of achieving and sustaining herd immunity.
The US led the region in pertussis infections last year, with 28,783 confirmed and probable cases.
In the past 30 days, H5N1 has been confirmed in 85 flocks, including 45 commercial and 40 backyard flocks.
The number of reported US tuberculosis cases fell by 1% from 2024 to 2025, according to provisional data from the CDC.
The findings suggest that inflammation from infections requiring hospital care may speed the preclinical stage of dementia rather than initiate neurodegeneration.
Nearly 2,300 grants were abruptly terminated, eliminating roughly $2.5 billion in funding and disrupting thousands of scientific projects.
Research from Argentina suggests use of glyphosate may select for antibiotic-resistant bacteria in soil that could spread to hospitals.
About 90% of human H9N2 avian flu cases have been reported in China.
Federal law dictates the CDC must fill a Senate-confirmed position within 210 days of a vacancy.
Although the new vaccine fell short of its primary goal, it showed ‘clinically meaningful’ results in a secondary analysis.
Social and physical isolation were both tied to lower uptake of breast cancer and colorectal cancer screening, with physical isolation also tied to lower flu vaccine coverage.
The recent introduction of RSV vaccines has begged for a new understanding of RSV’s burden among older, community-dwelling adults.
There are currently 2 people in quarantine and none in isolation.
A review and meta-analysis of 19 studies involving 51 cystic fibrosis patients finds bacteriophage therapy was safe and well-tolerated, with improved lung function observed in 74% of patients.
More than 350,000 birds in Indiana have died from avian flu and response measures in March.
Researchers say the findings reveal an “underrecognized link between climate factors and antibiotic resistance.”
