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In total, 86% of US long-COVID patients report brain fog, compared with 15% in India.
Damage to the lining of the lungs contributes to ongoing symptoms and restrictive lung function in some people with long-COVID.
The Utah Department of Health & Human Services has documented 21 new measles cases in the past week, for a total of 237 in this outbreak.
A new study from Sweden finds no statistically significant difference in rates of childbirth or miscarriage among vaccinated and unvaccinated women.
The 21 new members of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee include physicians and parents of children with autism, along with several individuals who've claimed autism is linked to vaccines.
The money will help CARB-X continue its efforts to support development of innovative new antibiotics, preventatives, alternative treatments, and rapid diagnostics for drug-resistant bacteria.
The Trump administration says it will withhold funding from the global vaccine group unless it develops and initiates a detailed plan to phase out use of vaccines containing the preservative.
The authors recommend using portable air purifiers that stir up and clean the air or, in the case of close contact, wearing an N95 respirator.
Offering self-collection to all women can improve health equity and speed the global elimination of cervical cancer, the authors say.
Mexico has reported 987 confirmed cases of measles so far this month.
The highest antibody levels were seen among those who were school-aged children during the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic.
The increase follows a previously documented 222% surge from 2016 to 2022.
The South Carolina outbreak increased by 89 cases in the past 4 days.
Estimated effectiveness was 54% against outpatient visits 4 weeks post-vaccination, although with considerable uncertainty.
The collaboration with The Evidence Collective and Unbiased Science aims to support and expand access to clear, evidence-based vaccine information.
Vaccine effectiveness against severe illness was 43% among children with underlying conditions and 53% among those without.
Infected patients were at 3.5 times the risk for new-onset behavioral syndromes such as eating disorders and sleep disorders.
So far 5 hospital workers in Bengal state, India, have been infected with Nipah virus.
Recommended vaccines include those against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, and meningococcal disease.
Foege led the global effort to eradicate smallpox, widely viewed as one of the greatest public health achievements in history, and later headed the CDC.
