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A bipartisan working group proposes affordable, common-sense actions to bolster biopreparedness.
Within the past 30 days, avian flu has been detected in 59 flocks.
Early in the outbreak, the virus was more widespread than reported.
Pregnant women, young children, and the elderly are especially susceptible to severe Listeria infections.
Defunding could result in a global death toll approaching, or even exceeding, that of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Efficacy was similar against the SARS-CoV-2 KP.3.1.1 and XEC variants.
Mozambique will be the first country to restart preventive vaccination, which was halted in 2022 amid a global surge in cholera cases.
Of adults ages 50 and older, 42% remain unvaccinated.
The common pain reliever is 'incredibly safe to use in young children,' say the researchers.
One infected premature infant was treated with a variety of antibiotics but was still not able to eat by mouth, sit unsupported, or roll over at 8 months of age.
The low-cost drug may lower the risk of clinician-diagnosed long COVID by 40% to 60%.
Among confirmed cases, 800 case-patients are unvaccinated against measles.
Adults who were physically active before COVID infection still had impairments years later.
The market size for seasonal influenza vaccines is large and will remain so for the foreseeable future.
The discovery of Pteropine orthoreovirus raises the concern that dangerous bat viruses may be silently co-circulating with Nipah virus.
DHS says all movement within the facility has stopped.
US acute care hospitals in 2024 saw lower rates of healthcare-associated infections compared with 2023, marking a continued decline from COVID pandemic-era highs.
To date, the WHO has certified 200 countries free of Guinea worm disease.
Antibiotic-related adverse events accounted for more than one of ED visits for adverse drug events in US kids from 2019 through 2023.
Also, Colorado scientists emphasize vaccination as they detail an 11-case measles outbreak last spring tied to a contagious international traveler.
