An investigation of the clinic identified gaps in environmental cleaning practices, surgical device disinfection.
People with rheumatologic autoimmune diseases and HIV had an only slightly elevated mortality risk compared to immunocompetent patients.
The virus was confirmed in gentoo penguins, with a suspected detection in king penguins from another location in the region.
GSK has applied for expanded RSV vaccine use in adults ages 50 to 59 who have underlying health conditions.
Whether naturally acquired or introduced, segmented filamentous bacteria protected mice against flu, RSV, and SARS-CoV-2 infection.
The trial found that the anti-staphylococcal lycin exebacase plus standard-of-care antibiotics failed to improve clinical response compared with antibiotics alone.
The pace of outbreaks in poultry has slowed dramatically since December.
Four colonization cases have been reported in patients with links to the same long-term acute-care hospital.
Overall protection among adults against symptomatic COVID-19 was 54%.
Researchers say antibiotic trials in children diagnosed as having community-acquired pneumonia likely include many children without radiographic pneumonia.
Treatment with the narrow-spectrum investigational antibiotic ridinilazole resulted in a 53% relative reduction of recurrent C difficile infection compared with vancomycin.
The BC Wildlife Federation reports 2 cases of the fatal neurodegenerative prion disease in a male mule deer and a female white-tailed deer in the southeastern part of the province.
The pandemic likely disrupted the biannual pattern of infection.
The new detection comes just a week after the CDC warned health providers about a rise in imported measles cases.
Use of an alcohol-based skin antiseptic containing iodine before surgery reduced surgical-site infections by 26% in patients with fractured limbs.
Senate Bill 2994A, was passed by New York lawmakers in June 2019 following two large measles outbreaks.
The new center in Tokyo will support collaboration to better prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats in the region.
Along with a rise in blood-related diagnoses, healthy adults experienced rises in endocrine and digestive conditions.
The new cases come after the CDC urged health providers to watch for fever and rash in people who had traveled overseas.
A review of randomized controlled trials found that Asian and Black participants were underrepresented.
A brand of artificial tears manufactured in India was confirmed as the source of the multi-state outbreak.
The FDA expects to make a decision by early June.
A phase 3 trial of the drug, focusing on the 600-mg dose, is under way.
The CDC investigated the outbreak in 2017 and 2021, but didn't have enough details to identify a specific cheese brand.
As of 2022, 58% of makers of drugs bound for the US market were located overseas, the report notes.
