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Because chlamydia often produces no symptoms, screening for sexually active young women can help prevent pelvic inflammatory disease.
A Mayo Clinic study finds that nearly 90% of patients with acute sinusitis received antibiotics, but only two-thirds met the prescribing criteria.
The charter shifts focus away from reviewing and recommending vaccines to considering other ways to prevent disease.
Meanwhile, the CDC says it’s moving to its highest level of emergency response.
The study examined what patients choose self-testing for cervical cancer and what groups show little interest.
Reduced productivity may be up to three times more common in those with long COVID.
The infected person exposed 17 people at 2 group homes to the disease.
Utah has now topped 500 measles infections, while Pennsylvania recorded 19 cases in the past 2 weeks.
Twenty-five cases have now been confirmed in the growing New World screwworm outbreak in Texas and New Mexico.
The White House has requested $1.4 billion for its Ebola response.
The findings show that eliminating cervical cancer can be achieved with early and widespread human papillomavirus vaccination.
Having no ACIP quorum needs be addressed, because fall respiratory vaccine recommendations have to come from somewhere.
Communities with low trust in outside institutions may need tailored prevention strategies for controlling one of the world’s most highly contagious diseases.
The trial aims to identify safe and effective antibiotic treatment options for newborns with sepsis.
The flu outbreak at Joint Base San Antonio Lackland Air Force Base has risen to 275 cases.
Doctors are noting fewer patients in this outbreak have extensive bleeding.
Screenings can be especially stressful for people who are gender diverse.
Experts call it an opportunity to assess how an independent scientific advisory process can serve the US in a complex scientific and political environment.
The strongest evidence that this is continuous measles spread, rather than reintroduction, comes from the virus itself.
With medical evacuations, contact tracing, quarantine, and monitoring across several continents, health authorities helped stop a wider spread.
