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The decedents had significant underlying health conditions.
The authors of two new papers advocate screening for congenital CMV, while affected families call for greater awareness.
When the Senate hearing featuring Dr. Fauci ended, one vital question remained not only unanswered but largely absent from the discussion: How will the US be better prepared for the next pandemic?
Clinicians should consider arboviral infections in patients with fever or neurologic illness during mosquito and tick season, a new CDC report advises.
More than 1,600 deaths have been reported in the outbreak, which is the largest ever recorded in the country.
The findings reinforce existing evidence of the safety of MMR vaccination, the authors say.
The vaccine maker said its investigational mRNA norovirus vaccine did not meet statistical criteria for early success.
A randomized controlled trial found that air purifiers didn’t prevent respiratory infections in nursing homes. But experts say that’s because the machines were too small and not used consistently.
The findings provide definitive proof that the disease was present during early colonization.
CIDRAP Director Michael Osterholm explains what makes a pandemic, if we’re still in one, and what gives a pathogen pandemic potential.
There are now 2,371 confirmed measles cases in 2026, according to the CDC.
The NYC Health Department has confirmed a 7th death in a Legionnaires disease outbreak on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
Only 9 of the 400 bills became law, and no state eliminated childhood immunization requirements.
Cyclosporiasis cases in a second outbreak not connected to lettuce continue to climb nationwide.
The death toll in the DR Congo has surpassed 1,500, government officials say.
The findings don’t confirm that the fatal disease is a threat to people but do offer important clues to what infection might look like in humans.
The Senate health committee voted to approve the nominations of Erica Schwartz and Sean Kaufman.
Some Republican committee members allege that Fauci had no right to invoke the Fifth Amendment, because a pardon protects him from criminal prosecution.
But some experts say it will impede the US’s ability to address infectious disease threats and respond to outbreaks.
Prevalence increased with age and in some occupational groups, though the estimates were lower overall than those observed in previous studies.
