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Conflict and humanitarian crises are creating conditions that could potentially expose millions of displaced people to the threat of AMR.
The 2023 outbreak showed H5N1 spread efficiently among marine mammals.
The antiviral drug was also found to lead to a reduction in the use of healthcare resources.
The presumed positive infection comes amid a rise in poultry outbreaks in BC and US western states, likely triggered by wild bird migration.
The 42-day countdown period covers two virus incubation periods.
Meanwhile, Uganda’s outbreak is rapidly expanding, mostly involving intimate close-contact spread and among sexual networks.
The cases include two deer in Conway and Stone counties in Arkansas and an elk in Montana's Hunting District 704.
Among 12- to 17-year-olds, 90% of those with MIS-C were unvaccinated.
There was a modest increase in parent-reported infant self-regulatory behavior—a generally positive finding—at 6 months.
The strain, ST164, accounted for half of the carbapenem-resistant A baumannii strains in a Chinese ICU and could be spreading widely across Asia.
Meanwhile, COVID activity remained low amid a shift in variant proportions and RSV levels rose in 3 US regions.
The trial will be conducted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in partnership with Emergent BioSolutions.
Washington, for example, has reported nearly 1,200 cases this year, up sharply from 2023.
The virus was identified in 2% of 988 participants with tick bites.
As a steady polio rise continues in Pakistan, the country has now reported 45 cases this year.
In other outbreak developments, medical groups announce a vaccine allocation plan and a vaccine trial to begin in pregnant women and in children younger than 2.
Over half of participants (57%) reported a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
The CDC now recommends testing and prophylactic Tamiflu use in asymptomatic workers exposed to sick animals.
After spiking during the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of HAIs in US acute-care hospitals fell in 2023.
A modeling study estimates the MenACWY vaccine prevented 500 cases of invasive meningococcal disease in US adolescents from 2005 to 2021.
