Eighteen workers with blastomycosis were hospitalized (12%), and 1 patient died.
RSV activity remains high, with pediatric hospitalizations increasing across most of the country.
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.
Pakistan has 3 new wild poliovirus type 1 infections, while the DR Congo and South Sudan report more vaccine-derived cases.
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.
52% of adults think the vaccine given to pregnant individuals to protect their infants from RSV is effective, up 10 percentage points from 42% in October of 2023.
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.
Health departments in 14 states reported 91 norovirus outbreaks in the first week of December.
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.
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.
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.
CWD was first detected in wild deer in Idaho in 2021 and the following year in wild elk.
Eighty-seven percent of hospitalizations and 89% of resident deaths took place before widespread vaccination.
But the average number and duration of the episodes didn't differ significantly between the groups, and there were no serious adverse events.
Clarametyx Biosciences will receive $2.6 million from CARB-X to develop CMTX-301, a vaccine designed to prevent bacterial biofilm formation.
Seasonal flu is currently the most common virus detected in China's illness surge, which is at expected levels for this time of year.
The patient hadn't traveled to Central Africa but was a contact of two people who did.
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.
The index patient had been in the DR Congo, and related infections were reported in 4 contacts.
Both fresh whole and sliced cucumbers from Mexico were recalled in a 113-case Salmonella outbreak.
In other developments, the USDA confirmed a few more H5N1 avian flu detections in dairy cattle and poultry.
