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The clinical secondary attack rate for asymptomatic COVID-positive children was more than 10%.
The most common reasons given for forgone care were fear of contracting COVID-19 and difficulty securing an appointment.
Pfizer's novel combination antibiotic Emblaveo (aztreonam-avibactam) moves a step closer to regulatory approval in Europe.
Among participants from Finland and the Netherlands, a greater abundance of butyrate-producing bacteria in the gut was linked to reduced risk of hospitalization from infection.
The territory last declared an emergency owing to dengue in 2012.
Patients also had a significantly lower rate of early-stage cancer and a significantly higher rate of advanced tumors.
Dead wild birds were found on the affected farms.
While racial minorities disproportionately live in geographic regions with higher telemedicine use, they used the services less than their White peers.
At 48 hospitals in Michigan, 1 in 8 adult patients treated for pneumonia had an improper diagnosis, and most of them received a full course of antibiotics.
In all of 2023, US cases of the vaccine-preventable disease totaled 58.
The health ministry says the man had been exposed to wild birds before and after the Lunar New Year holiday.
The pre-exposure treatment is indicated for adolescents and adults with moderate-to-severe immunocompromising conditions.
Advice includes optimizing HVAC systems and other steps to improve air quality and circulation.
The company says it will allow use of animal antibiotics in its chicken supply, but not antibiotics that are also used in human medicine.
The degree of adaptation associated with a host jump is lower for viruses with broader host ranges, the authors say.
The prevalence varied from 5% in men who had COVID-19, to 15% among the unemployed.
No significant benefit was found for oral antivirals prescribed beyond 5 days of confirmed infection.
Mpox spread is occurring alongside a refugee crisis, internal violence, and a host of other disease outbreaks.
The study didn't specifically examine long-COVID outcomes, and the findings don't necessarily conflict with those of previous studies, the authors say.
The study found that the number of newborns exposed to antibiotics in Swedish neonatal units is higher than it should be, given the low prevalence of early-onset sepsis.
