Afghanistan's polio vaccine campaign raises concerns, given that WPV1 is endemic there and cases are rising.
In one study, over half of long-COVID patients also were diagnosed as having myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.
During follow-up, 3% of patients with postvaccination myocarditis, 4% of those with post-COVID myocarditis, and 6% of those with the conventional type were readmitted for myopericarditis.
Researchers say evidence from systematic reviews supports short-course treatments for conditions like non-ICU community-acquired pneumonia.
In other developments, health officials have reported in utero spread of the virus and the first case of the year in North Africa.
With moderately high trust in scientists, respondents wanted a higher priority on public health, energy challenges, and poverty.
The Trump administration has placed a pause on all external health communications from federal health agencies, including the CDC and FDA, according to media reports.
The pause encompasses government-related scientific meetings, travel, and the National Institutes of Health grant review process.
The 3 MIS-C clusters are characterized by: (1) frequent respiratory findings, (2) frequent shock and/or cardiac complications, and (3) all remaining cases.
Though mosquitoes are known to carry Zika in Maharashtra state, the 2024 spike in cases was unusual.
Plaque growth can lead to a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and other life-threatening cardiovascular events for as long as 1 year.
Detection of the D1.1. genotype, linked to 2 severe infections in people, came from the national milk testing program.
The pooled prevalence of conjunctivitis in mpox was 9%, followed by impaired vision (4%), keratitis (3%), and eye lesions (3%).
A review and meta-analysis of 4 randomized controlled trials finds 7 days is noninferior to 14 days of antibiotics.
Gepotidacin is the first in a new class of oral antibiotics for uUTIs in nearly 3 decades.
Maternal death rates peaked in 2021 as COVID-19 climbed.
Newly affected herds are from Nevada and California.
But prison populations remained about the same during the entire crisis.
A study of patients with peripheral intravenous catheters finds a significantly increased risk of BSIs after 3 days of dwell time.
Two systematic reviews and meta-analyses found evidence that OMV-based meningococcal B vaccines offer moderate cross-protection.
The median treatment duration for uncomplicated gram-negative BSIs at 24 US hospitals was 11 days, with marked variation among hospitals.
The most common pathogen-animal pair was Salmonella and poultry, followed by Cryptosporidium and ruminants and Salmonella and turtles.
The findings suggest that many signs and symptoms may improve with time.
