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In other outbreak news, a Kenyan court has temporarily blocked a planned US quarantine facility in Kenya for Americans.
In both a media briefing and a new CDC-led report, experts caution about severe measles outcomes, including “brain fog” and pneumonia.
Mosquitoes may be able to rewrite the rules of repellency, but the study authors say don’t stop using DEET.
XFG is a hybrid of 2 Omicron subvariants and has mutations linked to immune escape.
Fujifilm donated 1,400 tablets of favipiravir, the most likely candidate for compassionate use or clinical trials in the absence of approved drugs.
The head of the WHO says he’ll travel to the province at the center of the outbreak in the next few days.
We discuss another new ACIP charter, more HHS reshuffling, and a major Ebola outbreak exposing global vulnerabilities.
A commentator calls the findings “impressive” but notes that they can’t be generalized to patient groups that were not included in the trials.
Total Nutrition, Inc., recalls 2 brands of moringa capsules, and the CDC confirms 22 new cases.
CDC scientists report the proportion of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales carrying the NDM gene rose from 5% in 2016 to 40% in 2023.
Outbreaks are linked to operational failures, lab settings, and personnel type, while not inactivating pathogens is strongly tied to mortality.
Acting CDC director Jay Bhattacharya has asked CDC staff to volunteer for urgent deployment to support Ebola screening at US entry points.
After a top FDA official claimed the COVID vaccine killed at least 10 US kids, the actual report noted only 2 as even "probable."
Both newly confirmed case-patients are receiving care in Spain.
The data suggest that better heart health likely prepares the body to respond to real-life stressors such as infectious diseases.
People are susceptible to the disease through contact with contaminated water or animal urine.
In a survey of healthcare professionals worldwide, 65% said antibiotics could be bought without a prescription in their countries.
The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will decide tomorrow on the composition of next fall’s COVID vaccine.
The increase in screening comes amid a surge in syphilis cases among women aged 15 to 39 in the province.
Most infections were acquired abroad, but the mosquitoes that spread the virus are present across broad swaths of the US.
