In more than 8,000 UK pneumonia patients, researchers found no evidence adjunctive macrolides lowered 30-day mortality or shortened time to hospital discharge.
The FDA upgraded a voluntary recall of organic, pasture-raised eggs sold by Costco stores to Class I, the agency's highest risk level, over Salmonella concerns.
RSV activity remains high, with pediatric hospitalizations increasing across most of the country.
Further tests found seasonal flu, rhinovirus, COVID, and other common respiratory viruses, alongside malaria and complications from malnutrition.
Approximately 40% of participants did not seroconvert or achieve a conservative neutralization threshold post-vaccination.
Among community-dwelling older adults in Ontario, longer outpatient antibiotic courses were not associated with a greater risk of harm or than shorter courses.
A review and meta-analysis of data from 28 countries found significant increases in resistance to clarithromycin, metronidazole, and amoxicillin from 2020 to 2023.
Eighteen workers with blastomycosis were hospitalized (12%), and 1 patient died.
The survey of adults in 6 African nations finds 33% are reluctant to receive the mpox vaccine and 39% of parents are reluctant to have their children vaccinated.
Health departments in 14 states reported 91 norovirus outbreaks in the first week of December.
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.
Pakistan has 3 new wild poliovirus type 1 infections, while the DR Congo and South Sudan report more vaccine-derived cases.
Researchers also find that patients with penicillin allergy labels are more likely to get broad-spectrum antibiotics and have a higher risk of resistant infections and adverse events.
The guidelines recommend a 4-month drug regimen for adults and children with drug-susceptible TB, and a 6-month regimen for those with drug-resistant TB.
Pakistan and Oman reported recent imported clade 1 mpox cases, both linked to UAE travel.
Of the state's 2,000 whooping cough cases through October, 62 involved hospitalized infants, 1 of whom died.
Clarametyx Biosciences will receive $2.6 million from CARB-X to develop CMTX-301, a vaccine designed to prevent bacterial biofilm formation.
But the average number and duration of the episodes didn't differ significantly between the groups, and there were no serious adverse events.
Eighty-seven percent of hospitalizations and 89% of resident deaths took place before widespread vaccination.
The patient hadn't traveled to Central Africa but was a contact of two people who did.
Seasonal flu is currently the most common virus detected in China's illness surge, which is at expected levels for this time of year.
Analysis of the intervention, implemented at 49 urgent care clinics, found the biggest reductions among clinicians who were actively engaged.
The button-like device doesn't require refrigeration and could be self-administered.
The change was prompted by postmarketing observational studies that suggest an increased risk of GBS within 42 days of vaccination.
The finding triggered the renewal of baiting and feeding bans in 2 counties.
