Through a third-party pharmacy, people interested in the self or caregiver option will complete a screening and eligibility assessment when they order the vaccine.
COVID test positivity, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths are are on the rise, but remain at low levels.
Wastewater levels are still high, but like other markers are showing a downward trend.
In other developments, CDC and Ohio partners launched a serosurvey among bovine veterinary workers who attended a recent professional conference.
In 2023, nearly half of all US COVID hospitalizations were among those ages 75 and older.
California now has the nation's second most dairy farm outbreaks.
The source of the girl's infection isn't known, though H9N2 has been reported in the country's poultry before.
Researchers say the findings suggest the interaction between people and their pets plays a minor role in transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms.
At least one household member and six healthcare workers who encountered the index case-patient are being investigated after showing symptoms of viral infection.
The WHO recommends manufacturers produce trivalent (three-strain) vaccines for use in the 2025 Southern Hemisphere influenza season.
Wastewater levels for COVID-19 remain high but are low for RSV and influenza.
Two states have now found Listeria in unopened liverwurst packages, and genetic sequencing shows a link to the outbreak.
The global health organization says the lack of rapid diagnostic tests results in undertreatment and overtreatment of gonorrhea in low-resource nations
The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) this week announced a partnership with Venatorx Pharmaceuticals to accelerate development of an investigational beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor combination for treating multidrug-resistant hospital infections.
Though many organization have published guidance on the best way forward during this COVID-19 pandemic, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota saw a need for recommendations based on current realities and restrictions, not on technology such as widespread testing that may one day be in place.
The TARGET project will use AI and deep learning to speed up the process of screening new molecules for antibiotic activity.
California has reported 63 West Nile virus infections this year, including many in the Central Valley.
There was a 17% higher risk of extrasystoles, or extra heart beats, after dose one.
At 132 weeks from randomization, two bedaquiline-containing regimens maintained superiority compared with a 9-month injectable-based regimen.
A report from the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics suggests UK supermarket chains can do more to discourage routine antibiotic use on farms.
The study found that viruses and tropical diseases were more significant causes of sepsis in India than previously known.
The case is the fifth reported in Saudi Arabia this year.
At 5 Massachusetts hospitals, prolonged antibiotic use was common during the first 33 months of the pandemic, despite low rates of proven bacterial infection.
The patient experienced conjunctivitis after contact with infected dairy cattle in the state's Central Valley.
The latest case is from El Monte and doesn't appear to be related to the county's earlier four illnesses.
