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Despite being the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide, there are currently no vaccines for norovirus.
Amid an ongoing vaccine shortage, more doses are arriving this week from Japan and France.
Preschool-aged children were more likely to have a dry cough and daytime tiredness or low energy.
Investing in home healthcare workforce capacity, resources, and infection-prevention training is essential to protect vulnerable patients, the authors say.
The most common pathogen-animal pair was Salmonella and poultry, followed by Cryptosporidium and ruminants and Salmonella and turtles.
The increase in activity is seen in the Western Pacific, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Mediterranean regions.
The Swiss drugmaker says the safety and efficacy of zosurabalpin will be investigated in a study involving 400 patients with carbapenem-resistant A baumannii infections.
Two novel antibiotic candidates for gonorrhea received funding to advance into clinical trials.
Reports of human H5N1 cases in Cambodia have been on the rise since the end of 2023.
Iowa's patient is an unvaccinated adult, and Nebraska's is a vaccinated child who had not traveled outside the state.
Yet less than one third of patients received antiviral drugs, perhaps owing to provider concerns about drug-related adverse effects or drug-drug interactions.
The move comes just 1 week after the FDA announced that the vaccine would now be offered only to adults 65 years and older or those with underlying conditions.
The 19 low- and middle-income countries experienced 28,000 congenital rubella syndrome cases—78% of the world's cases—in 2023 alone.
Experts say illnesses don't seem more severe and more studies are needed to further assess the risk of antibody escape.
This is the first H5N1 human case reported in mainland China since July 2024.
Texas and New Mexico report more outbreak cases as other states raise alerts about exposures linked to new illnesses.
Togo's outbreak brings Africa's number of affected countries to 25, amid exponential spread in Sierra Leone.
The United States has been in a "protracted health crisis" for decades, the researchers say.
The long distances that whales often travel could further spread the disease, increasing exposure to people and wildlife.
The agency told vaccine makers that COVID-19 vaccines used in the US starting in fall 2025 should be based on JN.1 lineage strains, preferably the LP.8.1 strain.
