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While RSV may be shed by hospitalized patients at higher rates than flu, the infectious potential is unknown.
This remains the second-largest Ebola outbreak in history.
New research attributes this achievement to a comprehensive prenatal screening program.
Despite a measles fatality confirmed last week in a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, baby, the CDC still has not acknowledged any 2026 deaths.
The study also suggests “road exposure” could be an important source of sporadic infection with the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease.
More than half a dozen petitions have been filed with the high court since May by people claiming their First Amendment right to religious freedom has been harmed by mandatory vaccine policies.
Although 82% of adults surveyed know that avoiding mosquito bites is the best way to prevent West Nile and dengue, only one-third know how to apply insect repellent properly.
A person who died in Sud-Ubangi province exposed at least 38 people on a long journey that crossed two countries and several previously unaffected provinces.
No new cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported since mid-August.
Without proper vetting and governance, AI tools pose risks to patients, especially those from underserved communities, the authors write.
Adults who reported 2 or more infections had 76% higher odds of receiving a new medical diagnosis.
The WHO says multiple-dose vials will make it easier and less expensive to immunize pregnant women in low-income countries.
At least 22 people have been sickened by Salmonella in the outbreak, while US Cyclospora cases near 20,000.
In the past month, 8 commercial flocks and 6 backyard flocks have been infected with H5N1, affecting 360,000 birds.
The document answers questions pediatricians may have as measles continues spreading in the US.
Also, the FDA appointed 4 men to senior leadership roles, including the newly created position of deputy commissioner for technology and AI.
Most people polled, however, still have high regard for their personal doctors.
The resulting aerosols can create a potential pathway for inhalation of airborne pathogens.
The one exception was speech or language disorders, for which maternal infection was linked to double the risk.
A new study highlights the factors that keep vaccine-willing adults from getting immunized.
