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Only 16% of 670 patients seen at Kamituga hospital in South Kivu were under the age of 15 years.
After diagnosis, long-COVID patients also filled more new prescriptions for drugs such as antibiotics (45%) and those for pain (34%).
New Mexico's case-patient is from a county that borders the Texas outbreak location, though the patient hadn't traveled to the area.
Six Americas countries reported cases in the first 4 weeks of the year, with most of them in Brazil.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Wellcome are collaborating on a $50 million effort to boost discovery of novel antibiotics for gram-negative bacteria.
Frequent interactions between antimicrobial stewardship physicians and pharmacists and use of local antibiotic prescribing guidelines were tied to less antibiotic use at discharge.
Nebraska conducts CWD surveillance in 4 to 7 regions each year, rotating to a different part of the state each season.
USDA testing confirmed detections in cats from California, Montana, and Oregon.
Notably, 20% of nurses surveyed suffered the loss of a family member.
Clinicians should monitor post-COVID cardiovascular symptoms, even in patients without a history of cardiovascular disease, the authors say.
The death total remains at one, the index patient who died in late January.
Both patients, boys ages 2 and 15 years old, are from Hunan province in southern China.
Nasal administration could help to achieve mucosal immunity.
Immunocompromised participants were much more likely to have received at least four doses of COVID-19 vaccine than their otherwise healthy peers (73% vs 30%).
Pearl Diagnostics will receive $1 million to evaluate the potential of a prototype assay for early detection of pneumonia caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Tests on milk from farms in the county where the worker is from yielded the first detection of the D1.1 genotype in dairy cattle.
A substantial reduction was seen in practices offering weekend hours or advanced-access scheduling.
Emblaveo (aztreonam-avibactam) was approved for treating complicated intra-abdominal infections with limited or no treatment options.
Contacts of the patient are being closely monitored and offered preventive vaccination.
The rate of gonorrhea cases across Europe rose by 31% in 2023 compared with 2022, and is up 321% since 2014.
