The virus has an enzyme that can efficiently circumvent a host cell's innate defense mechanism.
The variant appears to have greater infectivity and immune-evasion properties, which could help it edge out KP.3.1.1.
The authors said they observed distinct regional patterns to norovirus outbreaks in the state.
The study authors say knowledge about antibiotic-related harms will help patients, providers, and antibiotic stewardship programs.
Ten percent of newborns in the COVID-19 group had abnormalities, compared with 4% in the control group.
To date, 442,855 children under 10 years have been successfully vaccinated in central and south Gaza.
The case-patient recently traveled abroad, but few other details were given by the institute.
The vaccine advisory group voted 14 to 1 in favor of lowering the age for pneumococcal vaccination from 65 to 50.
Surges in COVID-19 cases occurred in winter 2024 during the shift to JN.1 predominance.
From November 2022 to June 2024, 12 cases of the serious type of pneumonia were reported to the CDC.
At a briefing today, the country's health minister said the health worker had received the vaccine a few days ago and is doing well.
Researchers found that a daptomycin-resistance mutation in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium is linked to use of rifaximin, an antibiotic prescribed for patients with liver cirrhosis.
Officials said wildlife biologists euthanized a buck with CWD symptoms at the Flathead County Landfill after receiving reports on the animal.
The cave where zoonotic spread occurred from bats is in a mining region.
The state has activated its interagency CWD response plan to investigate the detection and increase surveillance of wild deer in the area.
Pakistan and Afghanistan report wild poliovirus type 1 cases, and Chad, Niger, and Nigeria report circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 cases.
Though the KP.3.1.1 variant is still dominant, levels of the newer XEC variant continue to rise.
San Diego County officials said an area around 60 homes in Vista will be treated.
The case is also only the second such detection in the state after CWD was found in a wild deer in Ballard County in 2023.
Since the 1970s, cases of travel-associated malaria have ticked upward in the United States.
Imported cases are rare, and the United States has reported 8 in the past 55 years.
Though the outbreak is largely under control, officials report sporadic cases, the latest a contact of an earlier patient.
Paxlovid was associated with a 61% lower risk of hospitalization.
So far 15 of the human cases have been associated with exposure to H5N1-infected poultry, and 20 have been associated with exposure to sick or infected dairy cows.
Further investigation revealed 3 additional deer with chronic wasting disease.
