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With measles becoming more common, experts recommend learning to recognize the symptoms and taking precautions to protect yourself and others.
The US measles case count grew by 43 cases this past week, reaching 1,714 infections.
A systematic review and meta-analysis finds residual neurologic effects in 45% of Nipah encephalitis survivors and 24% of those who had Nipah virus infection.
The IDSA is urging that the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices maintains scientific integrity.
The bats' range is expanding northward, while CWD is creeping southward, creating a worrisome overlap.
In a new study, the risk of heart attack or stroke was halved in those who received a flu vaccine.
The $119 million contract seeks to establish a US manufacturing site for the antibiotic and assess its potential as a treatment for plague and melioidosis.
In the past 30 days, APHIS has confirmed outbreaks in 56 flocks.
The study findings highlight the particularly devastating effects of COVID-19 on economically and socially vulnerable groups.
The report was to be published on March 19, and showed people who had received an updated seasonal COVID vaccine reduced their likelihood of ED and urgent care visits by 50%.
A double-blind clinical trial found that those who took a vaccine candidate had significantly more protection against the parasite.
Utah now has the most active outbreak in the country, with officials recording 24 new cases in the last five days.
A new study links post-COVID ocular symptoms such as blurred vision and dry eyes to worse overall health and greater socioeconomic challenges.
A study in Canada found that nearly half of the solid-organ transplant patients who had Candida bloodstream infections died within 3 months.
New research warns of growing insecticide resistance among mosquitoes, the primary vector of malaria in South America.
Initiating the vaccine series at ages 9 to 10 also makes it easier to complete the multi-dose series before adolescence.
Overall, 75% of Americans say it’s highly important that their health information sources have medical training.
The European Commission will invest $34.7 million in the two public-private partnerships to boost the pipeline for new antibiotics and other AMR medical countermeasures.
Researchers say the reduction was influenced by the combined effects of changes in infection prevention and control, antimicrobial stewardship, and health care delivery.
Dolosigranulum pigrum and Corynebacterium species were less abundant in people with long COVID and more plentiful in those who fully recovered.
