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A coalition of public interest, animal welfare, and environmental groups is criticizing McDonald's for backing away from a commitment to reduce the use of medically important antibiotics in its beef supply chain.
UK researchers found E coli with resistance to third-generation cephalosporins in 8% of fecal samples.
High blood pressure carried a 2.6-fold increased risk and superseded all other risk factors.
Also, a report details a case in a child who had no known contact with a case-patient.
A link to the oral polio vaccine suggests the virus may have originated outside of the US.
Biden says he's doing well and getting a lot of work done after having mild symptoms last night.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it has received 17 more reports of unexplained pediatric hepatitis cases that are under investigation, raising the nation's total to 355.
The number of states reporting cases remained the same, at 42.
In 5- to 11-year-old children, two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were 36.8% effective in preventing all SARS-CoV-2 infections, 63.5% against test-confirmed cases, and 82.7% against hospitalization amid the Omicron variant surge in Singapore, finds a real-world study published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
Tomorrow experts will meet to decide whether the outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern.
"Without the widespread availability of vaccine it can't be contained."
Meanwhile, the CDC signs off on its advisory panel's recommendation for the Novavax vaccine for adults.
COVID-19 patients are 6 times more likely to develop heart disease and 81% more likely to receive a new diabetes diagnosis.
Although unvaccinated police officers and firefighters are more likely to develop COVID-19, they are less likely to trust that the vaccines are effective and safe, according to a US study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
An analysis of dental and pediatric primary care practices in Saudi Arabia found higher prescribing of broader-spectrum antibiotics and poor adherence to antibiotic prescribing guidelines, researchers reported yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Stress from childcare issues amid the pandemic was tied to an 80% higher chance of burnout.
Over the past 5 days, monkeypox cases have doubled in New York, to 490 cases, while Washington, DC, has the highest per capita rate.
BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants now make up about 90% of sequenced samples.
High estimated blood viscosity (eBV) is significantly associated with greater risk of death from complications among hospitalized COVID-19 patients, suggests a retrospective study published yesterday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
The COVID health emergency has been in effect since Jan 31, 2020, and has been renewed 10 times.
First and second boosters provided substantial protection against emergency/urgent care visits.
