Data reveal that 60% of cancer patients still have COVID-19 symptoms for 7 months after infection, similar to the general population.
Earlier this month, officials confirmed CWD in Sheboygan County, and in January CWD was detected for the first time in Waupaca County.
So far, nearly 37,000 cases have been reported, with about 1,200 deaths, for a case-fatality rate above 3%.
Four countries confirmed more cases this week, all involving circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus, including 30 new cases in DR Congo.
In North Carolina, officials confirm the first case detected outside of the state's surveillance area.
Species include skunk, raccoon, bobcat, red fox, grizzly bear, black bear, tiger, and mountain lion.
Antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections increased in the 2 years after COVID-19 lockdown measures were implemented.
SER-109, an investigational microbiome therapeutic for treating recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, was well tolerated and showed clinical benefit.
There were more than 271,000 chikungunya illnesses last year, 95 of them fatal, compared with about 137,000 cases in 2021.
Benin and the Democratic Republic of the Congo reported more polio cases this week.
In assessing for fecal transplant to newborns, more than 40% of enrolled mothers tested positive for potentially harmful pathogens.
Participants included 1,794 nursing home residents and 3,385 workers.
Investigators found multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in 40% of samples.
A study of small veterinary practices in Portugal finds multidrug-resistant bacteria in 19% of environmental samples.
The outbreak has expanded to a fourth province, and epidemiologic links aren't clear for patients in multiple areas—a worrisome sign.
COVID-19 vaccination directly saved at least 1,004,927 lives across Europe from December 2020 to March 2023, according to new research.
The investigational metabolic modulator AXA1125 was tied to significantly less physical and cognitive fatigue, a small study finds.
The wild deer—a 3-year-old doe —tested positive in the town of Nepeuskun.
The outbreak has grown to 16 confirmed cases, 11 of which were fatal, in addition to 23 probable cases, all fatal.
Producers should reduce long-term inequities in access to medical liquid oxygen in low- and middle-income countries, experts say.
A team of surgeons and clinicians highlight the complexity and multidrug-resistant, polymicrobial nature of some of the war wounds they are seeing.
Researchers report that a high dose of a novel oral microbiome-directed therapy prevented recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection.
The virus that infected a man in Chile is nearly identical to H5N1 in wild birds in the country.
Symptom-based testing identified long COVID in 30% of hospitalized patients and 17% of outpatients, whereas diagnostic codes captured only 2.6% and 0.5% of those cases.
After a rise in flu activity in late January, led mainly by the 2009 H1N1 strain and influenza B, levels are declining again.
