With increasing time since diagnosis, only the severe infections continued to cause symptoms.
The loss of activity is equivalent to 15% of the US population becoming completely immobile for 1 day.
Adult COVID-19 patients also infected with the flu are 4 times more likely to need mechanical ventilation and 2.4 times more likely to die.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced a new outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Infantis infections tied to raw chicken products.
Late yesterday afternoon and today the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced five more cases of Ebola virus disease in Beni and Butembo, the current epicenter of outbreak activity.
All three cases announced yesterday resulted in community deaths that involved safe and dignified burials in Beni, the country's health ministry said. Today two cases, one each in Beni and Butembo, were reported.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) today recorded a new case of MERS-CoV for epidemiologic week 40, which is this week.
A 49-year-old man from Najran was diagnosed as having MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus). The MOH said the man was hospitalized and likely exposed to the virus in a community setting. He had not reported recent contact with camels, a known risk factor.
As the Southern Hemisphere's flu season winds down, disease levels in temperate South American and southern Africa countries decreased or have peaked in recent weeks, according to the latest global flu update from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Coverage in kids 4 and younger was 67.8% last season, down 2.2 percentage points.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released new draft guidance that spells out when it's appropriate to disclose retail information for recalled products.
As the number of Ebola cases and deaths held steady in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the last 2 days, the number of people vaccinated passed the 10,000 mark.
Passengers and crew on two inbound flights to Philadelphia yesterday were held for medical evaluation after some passengers were sick with flulike symptoms, the airport said yesterday in a statement.
Tests on 10 people on a flight from Dubai to New York City who were hospitalized afterward showed no illnesses except for flu and common cold viruses, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health) announced today, adding that it expects all 10 people to be released soon.
Baloxavir reduced flu symptoms by 1 day and reduced viral shedding.
