Mislabeling patients as allergic to penicillin can lead to antibiotics treatments that aren't as effective and problems from overuse of broad-spectrum drugs.
A single-center study found 86% of infants diagnosed with influenza from 2012 through 2019 received the antiviral, as recommended by national guidelines.
The WHO said this week that it is preparing a polio vaccination plan for Gaza's children, following recent wastewater detections.
Eighteen workers with blastomycosis were hospitalized (12%), and 1 patient died.
Roberts County is located in the Texas Panhandle, a 26-county region in the northernmost part of the state bordered by New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Both fresh whole and sliced cucumbers from Mexico were recalled in a 113-case Salmonella outbreak.
The study authors say the findings suggest healthcare workers could be "unrecognized reservoirs" of pneumococcus in the population.
The authors say it's crucial to better understand how the virus is spreading, amid the ongoing risk of exposure to farm workers and transmission among animal species.
Studies conducted in 29 African countries showed the overall pooled prevalence of Shigella bacteria was 5.9%, with concerning levels of antibiotic resistance.
Nearly all cases are in patients who performed the Umrah pilgrimage while in Saudi Arabia, and most infections are due to serogroup W.
At 5 Massachusetts hospitals, prolonged antibiotic use was common during the first 33 months of the pandemic, despite low rates of proven bacterial infection.
A higher white blood cell count was associated with greater severity of post-COVID symptoms.
San Diego health officials warn of possible TB exposure at a high school during the 2023-24 academic year.
The latest update includes a case from Lubbock County, pushing the number of affected counties to 5.
The patient may have exposed people at Washington Dulles International Airport and a pediatric emergency department in Maryland.
The source of the outbreak still isn’t known, and the risk of re-emergence from a new spillover from the animal reservoir remains.
Researchers found "exceedingly high" levels of gonococcal tetracycline resistance in 8 African and Asian countries.
Of the 4 infected men aged 27 to 78 years, 1 was exposed to the virus in a hospital, and 1 was indirectly exposed to camels and their raw milk.
Contracting a non-COVID lower respiratory tract infection raises the risk of death 2 to 7 times over the next month to a year, new data show.
The freeze-dried Jynneos formulation will be easier to store and transport and will have a longer shelf life.
Overall, 58% were prescribed antiviral drugs, and, among those, 80% had them dispensed.
