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The multivalent toxoid vaccine candidate from LimmaTech Biologics AG is designed to prevent skin and soft-tissue infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus.
In patients with Enterobacterales BSIs, early phenotype-desirable antimicrobial therapy was associated with better 30-day outcomes than delayed therapy.
Belgium reported the case on December 18 in an adult traveler returning from an African country where the clade 1b virus circulates.
The WHO says it is monitoring some JN.1-related variants, still in low proportions, that might have more immune escape than XEC.
Idaho, Puerto Rico, and West Virginia all had 8% or higher prevalence of long COVID.
The CDC has now confirmed 64 cases from 9 states since the start of the year.
The South and West have the highest flu levels, while COVID levels are highest in the Midwest.
The infected bull was transported to Idaho in March 2023 from Alberta, and the Canadian ranch later confirmed a CWD-positive elk.
The case-fatality rate was about 23%, which is at the low end of the 24% to 88% range.
Two African countries reported more circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 cases.
The three cats with suspected infections don't have any known exposure to raw milk, and investigators are examining other potential sources, including raw meat.
A meta-analysis of data from two trials found 6 months of levofloxacin in kids and adults exposed to MDR-TB was associated with a 60% relative reduction in TB incidence.
About half of the claims were related to COVID vaccine, but the vast majority of money paid for claims—$6.5 million—was for harms tied to the H1N1 flu vaccine.
A man from the outbreak area recently died following hemorrhagic fever symptoms, and samples have been sent to Kinshasa for testing.
In addition, the FDA has increased the case counts in 2 other multistate E coli outbreaks.
Africa CDC shared findings from a review of the response and said doses of the LC16 vaccine from Japan will arrive this week.
The affected animals were a mule deer buck harvested north of Columbus and a male white-tailed deer west of Nye.
Analysis of more than 13,000 older adults finds no increased risk of dementia or cognitive impairment among those who had taken antibiotics.
California's dairy farm outbreaks have spread beyond the Central Valley to the southern part of the state.
More than a third of infants 6 months and younger were not treated with antivirals when hospitalized for the flu.
