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Quick takes: US measles outbreak slows, mpox vaccine for Africa, more polio

The CDC reports just 2 new measles cases, raising the national total this year to 264.

Jim Wappes

Listeria outbreak tied to deli meat slows but reaches 10 deaths

Boar's Head has recalled all implicated meat products, but some products have sell-by dates in October 2024

Stephanie Soucheray

COVID-19 reinfection ups risk of long COVID, new data show

People who had 2 COVID infections were more than twice as likely to report long COVID as those with 1 infection, and the risk rose with more reinfections.

Jim Wappes

Quick takes: Local dengue in California, more H5N1 in cows and poultry, Minnesota rabies fatality

The latest local dengue case in Los Angeles county isn't related to the cluster reported earlier this month.

Lisa Schnirring

Multistate Listeria outbreak tied to meats sliced at delis sickens 28, kills 2

Sixteen of 18 people sickened (89%) reported eating meats sliced at deli counters (not packaged meats). 

Mary Van Beusekom

Fidaxomicin underused for C diff infections, study finds

Updated guidelines recommend fidaxomicin as the first-line agent for C difficile infection, but researchers found use in US hospitals remains low.

Chris Dall

APHIS gives $12 million to states, tribes for fight against chronic wasting disease

The service prioritized jurisdictions that have detected CWD or that border CWD-endemic areas and have either launched surveillance programs or plan to do so.

Mary Van Beusekom

German health officials probe symptoms in contact of Rwandan Marburg patient

The man and his traveling companion, who reportedly had flulike symptoms, were taken to University Hospital Eppendorf in Hamburg. 

Lisa Schnirring

USDA confirms more H5N1 in Idaho dairy cows

Idaho's agriculture department says dairy herds are quarantined in four of the state's counties.

Lisa Schnirring

More global mpox spread as clade 1b confirmed in Thailand, the 2nd case outside Africa

The patient is a 66-year-old European man who had arrived in Thailand last week from an unspecified African country.

Jim Wappes

EPA to fund studies evaluating antimicrobial resistance in wastewater treatment

The agency announced $9 million in research grants to measure the environmental and health impact of AMR in treated municipal wastewater discharge.

Chris Dall

Eating a Mediterranean diet may offer some protection against COVID-19

Its benefits in reducing symptoms or severity are unclear, the authors say.

Mary Van Beusekom

New research finds link between COVID-19 and gestational diabetes

The team found a modest but statistically significant higher relative risk of having gestational diabetes in those who had COVID during pregnancy.

Lisa Schnirring

FDA green-lights season's updated mRNA COVID vaccines

The agency approved of the single-strain mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for people aged 12 and older and granted emergency use authorization for those aged 6 months to 11 years. 

Mary Van Beusekom

Cambodia reports fatal H5N1 avian flu case

Cambodia, where an older H5N1 clade circulates in poultry, has now reported 18 human cases since early 2023. 

Lisa Schnirring

Study reveals how microbiota-based treatment may help prevent recurrent C diff

The analysis suggests administration of Rebyota is associated with significant restoration of microbiota and bile acid composition.

Chris Dall

DoD-funded study to collect data on antibiotic-resistant war wounds in Ukraine

The study will collect and analyze data on war wounds linked to the conflict in Ukraine.

Chris Dall

High-dose, adjuvanted flu vaccines better protect seniors from symptoms, hospital stays, study finds

Adjusted comparative vaccine effectiveness against medical visits in the high-dose, adjuvanted, and standard-dose cell-based vaccine groups were 9%, 17%, and −6%, respectively.

Mary Van Beusekom

Efforts to reduce antimicrobial resistance in low-resource nations are lagging, survey suggests

A survey of public health experts in 118 low- and middle-income countries indicates there are significant gaps in implementation, enforcement of AMR policies.

Chris Dall

India reports largest Chandipura virus outbreak in 2 decades

Children are the hardest-hit group, and infections can lead to severe illness not long after symptom onset.

Lisa Schnirring

CDC reports 2 more variant flu cases, both with swine exposure

So far 7 variant flu cases have been reported during the 2024-25 flu season in the US.

Lisa Schnirring

Cambodia's recent H5N1 case involved novel reassortant

Earlier this year, animal health officials warned that the reassortant is spreading in the Greater Mekong subregion.

Lisa Schnirring

Polio vaccination well under way in Gaza

In total 161,000 children have been inoculated since September 1, exceeding the goal of 150,000. 

Stephanie Soucheray

FDA clears new Lyme disease test

Diagnostics maker ID-Fish Technology says the test will improve the sensitivity of Lyme disease diagnosis without sacrificing specificity.

Study finds no benefit from longer antibiotic treatment for multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas pneumonia

A single-center study finds that prolonging antibiotic treatment beyond 8 days did not improve outcomes in patients who had pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant P aeruginosa.

Chris Dall

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