Participants with a significantly higher likelihood of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine were older and were previously vaccinated against the flu.
In confirming the state's findings, the USDA now reports 197 outbreaks in dairy cows from 14 states.
Clinicians should strongly recommend routine vaccinations for teens and verify that all—especially those in the Vaccines for Children program—are up to date, the authors say.
The analysis also found high levels of community deaths in some countries, which highlights serious gaps in treatment.
Climate change will have increasing effects on public health and food security over time, the authors say.
Two factors were tied to increased risk of long COVID through 18 months: age 12 years or older and being infected with the original or Alpha strain.
Researchers estimate that 66 million unnecessary outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in 2022 contributed the same emissions as driving a gas-powered car around the earth 194 times.
Fewer households reported family members catching a cold (46% vs 61% for usual care) when kids were given saline drops.
The measles case marks North Carolina's first since 2018.
Vaccine effectiveness against rotavirus infection was highest in children younger than 3 years and declined with increasing age.
The small-molecule protein synthesis inhibitor CRS3121 met its primary endpoints, with high rates of clinical cure at day 12 and low rates of CDI recurrence.
Vaccines were most cost-effective when given to adults ages 70 and older who had chronic medical conditions.
The GPEI also noted a new case of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Before March 2024, H5N1 had not been detected in 1,337 wastewater samples analyzed by the team.
Wastewater levels are still high, but some indicators such as hospitalizations trended downward.
The contract option will cover steps such as scale-up process validation and commercial readiness.
The US has recorded 251 cases of measles this year and 13 outbreaks of the virus.
Adding COVID-19–specific guidance to an established stewardship program helped cut antibiotic use by 29% after the first COVID surge.
Researchers found that 41% of Campylobacter isolates from poultry in Kenya and Tanzania were resistant to 3 or more antibiotics.
A New York resident who drank raw milk from a Pennsylvania dairy has contracted the nation's third known case of brucellosis caused by the antibiotic-resistant Brucella RB51 strain, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday in a Health Alert Network (HAN) notice. The previous two illnesses occurred in 2017.
The agreement, using a new emergency funding mechanism, would secure 500,000 doses for delivery in 2024.
The CDC received reports of 22 more imported cases over the past week, raising the total to 74 from 5 states.
The number of US measles cases reported this year has risen to 262, up 11 from a week ago.
In other H5N1 developments, the FDA's vaccine advisory group said it will discuss the composition of H5 vaccines when it meets next month.
The patients weren't connected to each other, but were both exposed to pigs at the same fair.
