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Ninety percent of respondents said that, as a whole, the world is better prepared to fight the next pandemic.
A study suggesting that nirmatrelvir/ritonavir and molnupiravir don't prevent severe COVID-19 outcomes or long COVID is also being called into question.
Most of the kids who died were unvaccinated, and about half had no underlying health conditions.
Massachusetts is the only state to test all dairies, which involved bulk-milk tank sampling in August.
New WHO guidance aims to help countries address key gender disparities in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of drug-resistant infections.
Like most other H9N2 cases, China's latest illness involves a young child.
Most of the roughly 7,100 patients were prescribed tecovirimat for the treatment of lesions in sensitive areas, such as the anogenital region, and for pain.
The model considered both at-risk patients and those who would benefit most from treatments.
Also, sequencing confirmed N1 and identified two HA mutations, one of which could affect vaccine development.
Tests are under way on samples from five contacts who reported symptoms.
Researchers say the findings from a sysematic review and meta-analysis of 56 studies could help expand penicillin allergy delabeling efforts.
A multifaceted stewardship intervention at Mayo Clinic reduced inappropriate antibiotic prescribing by 50% without diminishing patient satisfaction.
Patients exposed to a sick roommate or unit mate in the geriatric psychiatric unit were 6 times more likely to become infected.
Afghanistan's polio vaccine campaign raises concerns, given that WPV1 is endemic there and cases are rising.
Decisions about investing in building wastewater surveillance capacity should consider the vast economic and social cost of responding to infectious diseases not detected and arrested early, the authors say.
A placebo-controlled randomized trial found fecal microbiota transplantation was safe but failed to reduce recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection.
In other developments, health officials have reported in utero spread of the virus and the first case of the year in North Africa.
Wastewater levels are still high, but some indicators such as hospitalizations trended downward.
The US has recorded 251 cases of measles this year and 13 outbreaks of the virus.
The GPEI also noted a new case of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
