Sixty-seven active TB cases and 79 latent TB cases have been reported in 2 Kansas counties since the beginning of 2024.
Last year, European countries reported 127,350 measles cases.
German researchers say the answer may be in virus-reactive memory T cells, which are triggered by COVID infection.
A survey of the province's public hospitals and microbiology labs finds that the rate of new patients with carbapenemase-producing organisms doubled from 2022 to 2023.
In other measles news, Kentucky has reported a case in an adult who had recently traveled internationally.
The cats had no known exposure to infected poultry, livestock, raw milk, or raw meat, but they roamed freely outdoors, where they may have been exposed to wild birds or other animals.
Twelve more pediatric flu deaths were reported, mostly caused by the H1N1 strain, raising the season's total to 98.
The latest polio cases include 3 WPV1 infections in Pakistan, 1 of 2 remaining endemic countries.
By December 2022, only 39% of pregnant women and 9% of nonpregnant women had ever been tested for HCV.
Estimated effectiveness was 65% against hospitalization, 74% against pediatric intensive care unit admission, and 64% against high-dependency unit admission.
Compared with nonusers, frequent antibiotic users preferred to act in uncertain medical situations, rather than watch and wait.
A review and meta-analysis of 4 randomized controlled trials finds 7 days is noninferior to 14 days of antibiotics.
The infected white-tailed deer was found in the Prince William County, Virginia, part of the park.
As the virus struck more layer and other commercial poultry farms, state wildlife officials continue to warn about wild bird detections.
Cambodia's human cases, many involving people who had contact with sick poultry, have been on rise since 2023.
A review and meta-analysis finds mass biannual azithromycin distribution reduced mortality by 15% in children ages 1 to 5 in sub-Saharan Africa.
A breath test would be less invasive than the traditional method of using mucus or phlegm samples from the lungs of CF patients.
Other trends included worrisome rises in tuberculosis, measles, and pertussis.
Relative to HPV-negative participants, those with HPV had a 40% higher risk of cardiovascular disease and twice the risk of coronary artery disease.
UK health officials say 17 cases of ceftriaxone-resistant gonorrhea were reported from January 2024 to March 20, 2025, compared with 16 in all of 2022 and 2023.
Only treatment within 10 days of COVID-19 diagnosis was associated with lower risk.
The novel antibody could reduce costs and improve access to monoclonal antibody treatments.
The detection came less than a month after the state began its bulk milk sampling program.
Also, Kansas now has 10 measles cases so far this year.
Also, a group of experts expresses concern about an increase in recent months in wild poliovirus cases in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
