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Maryland-based Zeteo Tech will receive $1 million to advance work on a novel test that can diagnose LRTIs from exhaled breath.
Also, as fallout continues regarding narrowed FDA approval for COVID vaccines, New Mexico issues a health order to sort out pharmacy access.
During the 2022-23 and 2024-25 flu seasons, the incidence of cardiorespiratory hospitalization was 2.25% in the high-dose group and 2.38% in the standard-dose group.
CIDRAP Director Michael Osterholm and co-author Mark Olshaker's new book examines the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and how a pandemic caused by an even deadlier virus might play out.
The findings underscore the importance of starting metformin soon after diagnosis, the authors say.
Two people have been hospitalized in Wisconsin's outbreak centered in Oconto County.
Ensitrelvir, also known as Xocova, is already approved for use in Japan.
The outbreak marks the first at a US commercial farm in nearly 2 months.
The case involves an unvaccinated 4-year-old boy who developed acute flaccid paralysis caused by circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2.
Five African countries are experiencing acute cholera outbreaks with high death rates.
Impacts from chaos at the CDC and more limited FDA COVID vaccine clearances are stirring concern and confusion.
Over the past week, test positivity for SARS-CoV-2 rose from 10.2% to 11.2%.
As of August 28, 114 confirmed cases and 7 deaths have been reported, with 6 patients currently hospitalized.
The recalled eggs were distributed to grocery stores and food distributors in California and Nevada under 3 brands: Nagatoshi Produce, Misuho, and Nijiya Markets.
In a chikungunya genotype shift, detection of ECSA in at least 4 countries is concerning, because cocirculation enhances the risk of adaptation.
The meeting, scheduled for September 18, will be widely watched amid upheaval at the CDC over vaccine recommendations.
The head of the Senate's HELP committee and 2 senior members say a hearing on the developments is needed as soon as possible.
As a Senate-confirmed appointee, Monarez must be fired directly by the president.
The CDC's FoodNet program has reduced required surveillance from 8 foodborne pathogens to 2, a move some experts warn could leave the country more vulnerable to outbreaks.
The absolute rate difference ranged from 1.2 to 2.2 fewer events per 1,000 person-years among all vaccinated adults.
