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An FDA committee recommends approval of rezafungin for the treatment of candidemia and invasive candidiasis in adults.
The researchers say placentas of pregnant women infected with SARS-CoV-2 should be examined after testing positive.
Virus found in Canadian wastewater samples is linked to a polio case and environmental samples identified last summer in New York.
The trial is evaluating whether a bacteriophage cocktail can safely reduce a bacterium that causes lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients.
US poultry losses have reached a record 58.16 million since the H5N1 outbreaks began in February 2022.
Two fatal cases in children have been linked to consumption of raw date juice.
Draft recommendations from a panel that advises the NIH would tighten oversight of potentially dangerous pathogens.
Moderate to severe COVID-19 from the Omicron variant was nearly three times more likely in women who received no vaccines during pregnancy.
A randomized trial found that antibiotics used to treat Heliobacter pylori infections had lower-than-accepted eradication rates in patients previously treated for COVID-19.
The outbreak of Salmonella has sickened 32 people in 20 states.
The lawsuit challenges the EPA's approval of the antibiotic streptomycin for use as a pesticide on citrus trees.
The most-cited reasons for not getting new COVID-19 boosters were lack of awareness about eligibility and overestimations of their own existing immunity.
The percentage of outpatient visits for influenza-like respiratory illness dropped to 3%, down from 4% the week before.
A mutation in the outbreak strain may have public health implications, given that it is present in the 2009 H1N1 pandemic flu virus.
Within the first 21 days after diagnosis, the risk of all-cause death was 68 to 81 times higher in COVID-19 patients.
The WHO says cases have risen 1%, and, of 11 countries reporting increases, the largest was in Mexico.
More than 80% adherence is necessary to cut antibiotic use in patients with suspected lower respiratory tract infections, analysis finds.
Selux Diagnostics can now commercialize its Next Generation Phenotyping (NGP) System, which provides susceptibility results within 24 hours for 14 pathogens.
A buck brought to a taxidermist represents the first CWD case in Fairfax County, Virginia.
The number of affected COVID-19 survivors is based on the estimated global rate of 10% of infected people and more than 651 million documented cases and is likely an undercount.
