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Patients with COVID-19 had a 21% greater risk of heart attack, stroke, and death than people with cardiovascular disease without COVID-19 infection.
The two patients experienced eye symptoms and have no known connections to the state's three earlier confirmed cases.
COVID-19 survivors may experience severe complications that predispose them to more worse outcomes after reinfection, the authors say.
Results from the REVISIT trial show aztreonam-avibactam had similar cure rates as meropenem in patients with serious gram-negative bacterial infections.
A study of long-term care facilities found residents with penicillin allergies were 95% less likely to receive beta-lactam antibiotics.
The protection also held across different strains, for people in their 70s, and for those with underlying medical conditions.
Cases in the region have topped 11.7 million and continue to rise in the Central American Isthmus and Mexico, as the South America faces the start another season.
The authors said COVID-19 infection can result in a "brainstem insult" that results in clusters of physical long-COVID symptoms.
The authors say the finding suggests a risk of sexual transmission but warn against overinterpreting the results.
The steps are part of a broader US response, which has included assistance from the CDC's office in Rwanda and support for vaccination.
Among all patients diagnosed with babesiosis, 41% were co-infected with the bacterium responsible for Lyme disease.
The test joins other over-the-counter COVID-19/flu tests already available under emergency use authorization.
Like two recent California cases, the patient had conjunctivitis after working with sick cows.
The Sabin Vaccine Institute was able to ship the vaccine, now going into the arms of health workers, within 7 days of the Rwanda government's request.
The United States is using three-strain flu vaccines with the same components as those used in Southern Hemisphere vaccines.
The DRC has reported more than 30,000 suspected and laboratory-confirmed mpox cases this year.
The rate of oral antibiotic prescriptions dispensed in US outpatient pharmacies fell by 13% from 2011 to 2019, with the biggest declines observed in children.
When compared to COVID test-negative participants, test-positive participants had a significant 3% increase in scores for fatigue.
The estimated effectiveness of the vaccine was higher (80%) in babies in a catch-up group.
Along with updates on recent human infections, federal officials detailed new awards for H5 vaccines, which will double the doses slated for the national stockpile.
