Amoxicillin and clindamycin were the most prevalent antibiotics prescribed (63% and 14%, respectively).
The prevalence of malaria parasites with validated or candidate resistance markers reached more than 20% in 11 of 16 districts.
Southeast Asia's flu levels remained elevated, including in Cambodia, Myanmar, and the Philippines.
Of the West Nile virus cases, 69% were neuroinvasive, which included encephalitis, meningitis, and acute flaccid paralysis.
Data show that 41% of 29 patients who developed a postviral syndrome showed evidence of a previous COVID-19 infection.
"Many countries have weak immunization systems that were further impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic but are gradually recovering."
AMR surveillance equipment was donated primarily to labs close to the frontline and will help increase the speed and accuracy of testing.
US medical experts recommend avoiding the use of indwelling catheters and promptly removing catheters that are no longer needed.
Researchers use obituary reports to estimate that 1.87 million excess deaths occurred in the first 2 months after the policy lifted.
Flu was tied to 7,851 deaths from week 33, 2022, to week 12, 2023, compared with 32,607 deaths tied to COVID-19.
New York City dermatologists have noted severe fungal infections, and Argentina reports H5 avian flu in sea lions.
New data highlight the diversity of the opportunistic pathogen and the high in-hospital mortality risk in certain patients.
The number antibiotic prescriptions dispensed by nurse independent prescribers rose by 146%.
During the acute phase of COVID-19, in-person visits decreased 40% and telehealth visits increased more than 10-fold.
The study took place before availability of the 2-strain COVID-19 vaccine, which offers protection against Omicron and the wild-type virus.
Ohio, which had a preliminary positive from wastewater, now has a BA.2.86-positive human sample.
If the infection is confirmed as caused by the H9N2 strain, it will be China's first since late June.
CEPI and the University of Oxford have committed $80 million to the development of a vaccine targeting "Disease X," or unknown pathogens with pandemic potential.
A pediatric hospital system wasted 58,607 antibiotic doses, including drugs in limited US supply.
EU countries reported 33,527 TB cases in 2021, which continues a downward trend observed since 2002.
Despite a nearly threefold drop in ciprofloxacin prescriptions over 6 years, the amount of fluoroquinolone-resistant E coli in the community rose.
The alert includes new information about locally acquired malaria infections.
With a new case in Miami-Dade County, Florida now has 16 dengue infections for the year.
A systematic review finds that room disinfection with ultraviolet-C has little impact on healthcare-associated multidrug-resistant infections.
A study in Louisiana shows that more women exceeded the recommended gestational weight gain during the pandemic.
