In other developments, CDC and Ohio partners launched a serosurvey among bovine veterinary workers who attended a recent professional conference.
For all children in the study, advanced maternal age, gestational high blood pressure, cesarean delivery, and being a boy were associated with increased risk of seizures.
The pledge came with at least $500 million in outbreak support, along with a plan to help bolster the domestic mpox vaccine supply.
More than half of surveyed pharmacists said they do not consistently adhere to guidelines when dispensing antibiotics.
Swiss drugmaker Basilea Pharmaceutica is receiving $29 million in BARDA funding to develop two first-in-class antifungals to treat drug-resistant fungal infections.
The survey found that most primary care patients expected to receive antibiotics for cold/flu symptoms, sinus infections, diarrhea, and bronchitis.
Researchers say the findings suggest the interaction between people and their pets plays a minor role in transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms.
If the third vaccine dose was administered 16 weeks or less before infection, healthcare providers had lower odds of reporting respiratory symptoms.
California now has 40 avian flu outbreaks in dairy herds, and the US total has reached 238.
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.
Boar's Head has recalled all implicated meat products, but some products have sell-by dates in October 2024
The CDC reports just 2 new measles cases, raising the national total this year to 264.
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.
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 latest local dengue case in Los Angeles county isn't related to the cluster reported earlier this month.
Updated guidelines recommend fidaxomicin as the first-line agent for C difficile infection, but researchers found use in US hospitals remains low.
The TARGET project will use AI and deep learning to speed up the process of screening new molecules for antibiotic activity.
The global health organization says the lack of rapid diagnostic tests results in undertreatment and overtreatment of gonorrhea in low-resource nations
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.
There was a 17% higher risk of extrasystoles, or extra heart beats, after dose one.
California has reported 63 West Nile virus infections this year, including many in the Central Valley.
At 132 weeks from randomization, two bedaquiline-containing regimens maintained superiority compared with a 9-month injectable-based regimen.
The case is the fifth reported in Saudi Arabia this year.
