Researchers say the results suggest that an eye exam should be performed in mpox patients with ocular symptoms and those with moderate to severe skin lesions.
Smoking, inactivity, and heavy drinking declined a bit, but obesity levels rose and fewer women received cervical cancer screening.
The link between travel and antibiotic resistance might be related to selection pressure for resistance genes in particular regions due to antibiotic use in humans or animals.
This is the eleventh CWD-affected deer farm in the state over the past 15 years.
Hospitalization rates were higher among minority groups during the study period, but the magnitude of the disparities declined by 2022, CDC data show.
The country has already confirmed 49 measles cases, compared with 54 for all of 2022.
As flu levels taper off in the Northern Hemisphere, some Southern Hemisphere nations have reported increased detections in recent weeks.
Eleven outbreaks in 25 years included 187 Salmonella cases and 42 hospitalizations across 21 states.
The rate of 3 healthcare-associated infections hit a 5-year high in US hospitals during COVID-19.
A 3-dose vaccination series was 42% effective against infection and 82% effective against hospitalization or death during Omicron.
The WHO COVID-19 emergency committee is meeting today to discuss if the situation still warrants a public health emergency of international concern.
Africa has had a 7.4% case increase, with 111 new infections in the most recent 2 weeks.
Experts call on governments and health officials to focus more on infection prevention in their efforts to fight antimicrobial resistance and other threats.
More parents were very likely to vaccinate their kids after reading messages saying that other trusted parents have done so or that the vaccine is safe.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, says she will leave the agency at the end of June.
PAHO officials say they are seeing changes in the timing and magnitude of cases that are likely related to the effects of climate change and unplanned urbanization.
Exposure to antibiotics at an early age is among the factors that can increase the risk, study finds.
Local adverse event rates were highest following intradermal vaccine administration.
Mpox infections in the Chicago area are at the highest level since November and mark the highest weekly case rate in the nation.
The rare cases of myocarditis among recipients of mRNA vaccines are caused by a generalized immune-cell and inflammatory response, researchers say.
The most recently confirmed patients in Marburg virus outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania were discharged from treatment at the end of April, the WHO says.
The USDA has conditionally licensed an oral vaccine designed to limit the spread of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.
They say accelerated use of the products during the COVID-19 pandemic could pose health risks, such as antimicrobial resistance.
Cognitive behavioral therapy lessens fatigue and improves concentration among long-COVID patients.
The CDC updated its interim recommendations for infection prevention and control for healthcare personnel.
