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The study findings represent a "milestone" in efforts to prevent a deadly infection, experts say.
A COVID diagnosis was associated with 76% higher odds of death within 30 days.
Large family sizes and crowded living conditions may play a role in transmission.
For those vaccinated against HPV before age 17, their rate of vaginal or vulvar precancers was 57% lower than for unvaccinated women.
The CDC also provided data on the rise of subclade K among H3N2 flu viruses ahead of holiday gatherings.
The vaccine targets multiple stages in the life cycle of Plasmodium falciparum, a protozoan that causes the most severe form of malaria.
Wildlife-feeding and carcass-transportation restrictions are in place, because Wayne County was already included in the state’s CWD management zone.
Expert attributes the "troubling" increase to "a failure to put in place common-sense steps."
Workers in high-risk jobs had a 44% higher likelihood of developing long COVID.
The poll reveals that up to 30% of Americans do not know whooping cough is also called pertussis.
The agency is paying University of Southern Denmark researchers to conduct a single-blind clinical trial of the hepatitis B vaccine in newborns in Guinea-Bissau.
90% of all confirmed flu cases in Europe are caused by influenza A(H3N2) subclade K.
Among US cases, 26% are in children under the age of 5 years.
Older adults and infants are especially vulnerable to severe RSV, with possible complications of bronchiolitis, pneumonia, and sepsis.
The new Public Health Alerts initiative is designed to deliver information and early warnings about emerging health threats, enabling swift, informed responses across the US and globally.
The CDC also said if a baby is not receiving a birth dose of vaccine, the initial dose should be administered no earlier than 2 months of age.
Patients present with more severe illness than before COVID, even as hospital mortality rates return to prepandemic levels.
Working while sick increased over time, from less than 2% in 2020 to 15% in 2024.
The highest death rates were in sub-Saharan African countries and in the youngest and oldest people.
Zoliflodacin and gepotidacin are the first new antibiotics approved for treating gonorrhea in decades.
