The odds of low birth weight rose about 50% in 1918 and 1919, and mothers exposed to pandemic flu during pregnancy were at double the risk for stillbirth.
All new cases involve vaccine-derived strains, including the first of the year in Burundi and Guinea.
The risk of developing venous thromboembolisms is elevated among cancer patients with COVID-19 taking anticancer drugs, new data show.
Illness onsets began in October 2022, and two outbreak strains are involved.
Overall, the antibiotic prescribing rate was 53% in the testing group and 55% in the control group.
The case incidence per 1 million person-days was 90 before the Delta variant, 304 during Delta, and more than 1,000 during Omicron.
Early during COVID-19, school closures were likely linked to a surge in mental health crises among 11- to 17-year-old adolescents.
Officials say the rapid appearance in multiple countries in people without travel histories suggests established international spread.
The risk of excess death was highest on days 0 to 90 after infection and was elevated sixfold.
A deep-learning model can evaluate chest x-rays to predict whether COVID-19 patients will need intensive care.
Of the funding, $1 billion goes to 4 BARDA research partners to support phase 2b clinical trials of vaccine candidates.
The BA.2.86 sequence was from Virginia, and the patient had traveled from Japan and was asymptomatic.
FDA's approval is for use of the vaccine, called Abrysvo, at 32 to 36 weeks gestational age of pregnancy.
The case involves a 27-year-old woman from Sichuan province, marking China's fifth H5N6 case of the year.
The study focused on the population of Tsimane, a voluntarily isolated community in Bolivia that is more than 60 miles from the nearest market town.
The vast majority of patients had community-onset invasive E coli (94%) and required hospitalization (97%), with 32% of patients needing ICU treatment.
Amoxicillin and clindamycin were the most prevalent antibiotics prescribed (63% and 14%, respectively).
Interest in getting the newly approved RSV vaccine varies by factors such as age and underlying health status, according to a survey of older US adults.
The prevalence of malaria parasites with validated or candidate resistance markers reached more than 20% in 11 of 16 districts.
Southeast Asia's flu levels remained elevated, including in Cambodia, Myanmar, and the Philippines.
Of the West Nile virus cases, 69% were neuroinvasive, which included encephalitis, meningitis, and acute flaccid paralysis.
Data show that 41% of 29 patients who developed a postviral syndrome showed evidence of a previous COVID-19 infection.
The Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements aim to help hospitals organize staff, identify resources, and structure their sepsis programs so they can rapidly respond.
"Many countries have weak immunization systems that were further impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic but are gradually recovering."
AMR surveillance equipment was donated primarily to labs close to the frontline and will help increase the speed and accuracy of testing.
