The weekly proportion of outpatient visits for influenza-like illness, flu hospitalizations, and flu deaths all peaked between the 90th and 98th percentile.
The transformation to having tools to prevent RSV happened so quickly that many haven't grasped its magnitude.
Zoliflodacin and gepotidacin are the first new antibiotics approved for treating gonorrhea in decades.
Rather than relying on reported cases, monitoring populations through blood testing is important for understanding how it spreads and for guiding targeted vaccination.
The European health agency says decisions on doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis use should be made at the individual level, following clinical judgement and national guidelines.
In the past, CDC vaccine use recommendations were based on a thorough, public review of relevant evidence.
The committee removes a long-standing ACIP recommendation that said parents may choose the MMRV vaccine for kids 12 to 47 months old.
Specialists with the Infectious Diseases Society of America said last week's meeting was a clear departure from ACIP's standard operating procedures and created more confusion.
Doctors, public health advocates, and the autism community expressed anger and sorrow over the CDC's reversal of its messaging on vaccines and autism.
In "A Period of Transition," Dr. Osterholm and Chris Dall discuss the latest COVID-19 trends in the U.S. and around the world, a recent study on long COVID, and the rise of measles cases in the United States. Dr. Osterholm also provides an update on influenza and RSV cases in the U.S. and shares the latest "This Week in Public Health History" segment.
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The most common adverse event was mild to moderate injection-site pain, which was reported by 60% of vaccinated participants
People with rheumatologic autoimmune diseases and HIV had an only slightly elevated mortality risk compared to immunocompetent patients.
The CDC said the cases are a reminder that vaccination is an important tool for preventing MIS-C, which can be severe or even fatal.
WHA delegates are discussing several topics related to infectious diseases and outbreaks.
So far, investigators haven't identified a single source of the flour.
The off-label use of the product occurred at two Turkish hospitals, and the outbreak has now sickened 87 people.
Slightly more than half of COVID-19–related scientific studies posted on medRxiv were published in peer-reviewed journals within 2 years.
Trust in physicians and science was associated with not using the treatments.
Further investigation revealed 3 additional deer with chronic wasting disease.
The FDA sent the company a warning letter after an inspection revealed that Cue Health had made changes to the tests that reduced their reliability.
Booker requested answers to six questions from the FDA by September 1, 2024.
Extremely and moderately preterm births were lower during the pandemic period, but late preterm births were higher.
The change was prompted by postmarketing observational studies that suggest an increased risk of GBS within 42 days of vaccination.
