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CDC lab experts are working on sequencing to identify the neuraminidase and detail the genome, which could yield clues about the source.
Spanish researchers find a correlation between increases in key indicators of air pollution and heightened antibiotic consumption for acute respiratory symptoms.
COVID-19 participants most often reported fatigue, muscle aches, headache, and loss of taste and/or smell, consistent with the more extensive systemic COVID-19 effects.
People with disabilities are also more likely to have severe COVID-19, face treatment refusals, and be hospitalized, the researchers say.
Of the 65 people sickened, 24 have required hospitalization.
More than half of respondents said they would use leftover antibiotics in the future if they were feeling sick.
In a new development, retrospective testing in the Dominican Republic has identified Oropouche cases in samples from people who were negative for dengue.
In Burundi's worsening outbreak, kids younger than 15 are the most affected group, similar to the DR Congo.
Higher-risk activities included carpooling with relatives and attending concerts.
Though most indicators showed downward trends, deaths were up compared to the previous week.
Fewer households reported family members catching a cold (46% vs 61% for usual care) when kids were given saline drops.
Two factors were tied to increased risk of long COVID through 18 months: age 12 years or older and being infected with the original or Alpha strain.
Climate change will have increasing effects on public health and food security over time, the authors say.
Minnesota reported 10 more measles cases in an outbreak mainly centered in unvaccinated children in the Twin Cities.
A second study shows that men infected with the strains of HPV associated with cervical cancer have evidence of sperm death and lower rates of fertility.
Researchers say evidence from systematic reviews supports short-course treatments for conditions like non-ICU community-acquired pneumonia.
Of particular concern is the finding of Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5-like viruses in mink on a farm tied to a pneumonia outbreak, the authors say.
Seventeen patients with nonspecific symptoms such as fever and headache were ultimately diagnosed as having Wetland virus.
Researchers estimate that 66 million unnecessary outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in 2022 contributed the same emissions as driving a gas-powered car around the earth 194 times.
The source of the woman's infection isn't known.
