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Dentists wrote more than 27 million antibiotic prescriptions last year, many of them unnecessary. Part 1 of a 3-part series on potential harms from taking antibiotics for dental procedures.
The index patient had a fever, persistent cough, cold-like symptoms, and conjunctivitis (“pink eye”) during travel.
The recommendation for vaccines for the next flu season includes a new influenza variant—subclade K—that started to increase last fall.
At 29 days, the estimated cumulative rate of clinical resolution was 83% in tecovirimat recipients and 84% in those given placebo.
The number of infections reached 1,136, putting the US on pace to exceed last year’s 2,281 total by springtime.
Levels of RSV also remain high in many areas of the US, while COVID-19 activity is waning in most of the country.
Myocarditis following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination is real but is no longer an issue. The virus itself was causing myocarditis at comparable or higher rates.
The report details a clear link between illness in dozens of infants and exposure to ByHeart powdered infant formula.
Between 1994 and 2023, the measles vaccine has prevented an estimated 85,000 deaths in the US.
South Carolina officials say the state has seen 990 measles cases.
