Investigators say the results of a randomized trial indicate the supplement D-mannose should not be recommended for preventing rUTIs.
Most imported cases this year occurred in US residents who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination status.
Also, the CDC warned about declining MMR coverage in US kindergarteners, underscoring a need to boost vaccine confidence and access.
Only 3% of people said COVID-19 was not a health threat to anyone early in the pandemic.
Researchers say the strain, which is resistant to 2 of the 3 antibiotics recommended for treating cholera, appears to be spreading in East Africa.
The results demonstrate that the condition affects young people as well as old, the authors say.
Early-stage diagnoses especially were lagging for lung and cervical cancers.
Like past Marburg outbreaks, health workers have been heavily impacted, accounting for 29 of the 36 cases.
Absenteeism rates were 10.6 percentage points higher among students learning from home in districts in the top quintile of poverty than those receiving face-to-face instruction.
Vaccine effectiveness was just as high among participants aged 75 years and older as it was in those 60 and older.
All patients were hospitalized when the Omicron variant was the most dominant strain in the United States.
Maternal RSV vaccination coverage was 32.6%, and of those 54.1% reported receiving the vaccine at an obstetrician or gynecologist’s office.
A systematic review and meta-analysis found no high- or moderate-level evidence that compliance with SEP-1 was associated with a mortality benefit.
While influenza B patients had better short-term outcomes, they experienced higher-than-expected rates of hospitalization, ICU admission, and death.
Chronic conditions and COVID-19 symptoms during infection were risk factors for persistent symptoms, whereas hybrid immunity was protective.
The study involved 68 US children who died from seasonal flu this season.
About 60% of participants with long COVID attributed their work loss to their symptoms.
The move is the latest by HHS Secretary Kennedy to put the vaccines recommended for US children under new scrutiny.
Azelastine used as a preventive measure reduced COVID-19 infections 69%.
Over 40% appear to have received no treatment for their infection, a gap especially apparent in women and Black or White patients.
In total, 86% of US long-COVID patients report brain fog, compared with 15% in India.
In another development today, New Jersey health officials warned of exposures from two infections in unrelated people from outside the state.
Outbreak-related cases were reported in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, amid new illnesses from a handful of other states.
At least 9 deaths have been reported, along with 16 suspected cases.
Overall, efficacy against respiratory syncytial virus infections was highest during season one.
