Two measles patients this week, a child from New Mexico and an adult from Minnesota, contracted the virus on domestic flights.
Greater gut microbiota diversity and a predominance of beneficial Bifidobacterium longum appear protective.
A review and meta-analysis finds a 33% pooled prevalence of non-prescription antibiotic use in kids under 5 in low- and middle-income countries.
Pakistan reported a new wild poliovirus type 1 case, while five countries reported cases of vaccine-derived polio.
Estimates varied from 2008 through 2018, with RSV-associated antibiotic prescribing exceeding 10% in peak RSV years and flu-associated prescribing exceeding 20% in peak flu years.
The letter was signed by 92 NIH scientists and many more who remained anonymous across all 27 of the agency's divisions.
These are the first whooping cough deaths in the state since 2018.
The West Sacramento patient may have contracted the infection locally, especially given recent wastewater detections.
Twenty five countries have reported outbreaks, including newly affected Sierra Leone where infections are surging.
Positive provider attitude and self-efficacy toward screening, larger institution size, recent training, and college policy were tied to higher screening rates.
Also, Colorado reported 2 more cases, including another linked to airport exposure.
The approval is the second for an RSV monoclonal antibody preventive for infants.
A review and meta-analysis finds antibiotic exposure during pregnancy, early childhood was associated with a 22% increased risk of atopic dermatitis.
The decline in resistant E coli corresponds with a 50% cut in sales of antibiotics for use in food-producing animals in the United Kingdom from 2014 through 2021.
US officials confirm the nation's first H5N1 avian flu detection in US dairy cattle in 3 weeks.
Also, Utah now has 3 measles cases in unvaccinated adults.
Leaders also committed $4.5 billion in additional financing.
Clinical trials of Jynneos have begun or will begin soon in infants and children 2 years old and younger, and in pregnant or breastfeeding women.
Without more data from China and further intelligence reports from governments, both zoonotic and lab-leak origin hypotheses remain on the table.
The new findings bring Maryland's total of confirmed CWD cases to 285 since the fatal prion disease was first confirmed in the state in 2011.
As global proportions rapidly grow, an initial assessment suggests a low public health risk.
Washington state has now recorded 10 measles cases in 2025.
Some of the recent wild bird positives were sampled recently in a region where outbreaks were reported at Arizona layer farms.
The initial patient in Michigan's outbreak was exposed to a sick out-of-state traveler.
The $12 million will help state and tribal governments, research institutions, and universities to combat chronic wasting disease.
