US medical experts recommend avoiding the use of indwelling catheters and promptly removing catheters that are no longer needed.
Researchers use obituary reports to estimate that 1.87 million excess deaths occurred in the first 2 months after the policy lifted.
Flu was tied to 7,851 deaths from week 33, 2022, to week 12, 2023, compared with 32,607 deaths tied to COVID-19.
New York City dermatologists have noted severe fungal infections, and Argentina reports H5 avian flu in sea lions.
New data highlight the diversity of the opportunistic pathogen and the high in-hospital mortality risk in certain patients.
The number antibiotic prescriptions dispensed by nurse independent prescribers rose by 146%.
During the acute phase of COVID-19, in-person visits decreased 40% and telehealth visits increased more than 10-fold.
The study took place before availability of the 2-strain COVID-19 vaccine, which offers protection against Omicron and the wild-type virus.
Ohio, which had a preliminary positive from wastewater, now has a BA.2.86-positive human sample.
If the infection is confirmed as caused by the H9N2 strain, it will be China's first since late June.
CEPI and the University of Oxford have committed $80 million to the development of a vaccine targeting "Disease X," or unknown pathogens with pandemic potential.
A pediatric hospital system wasted 58,607 antibiotic doses, including drugs in limited US supply.
EU countries reported 33,527 TB cases in 2021, which continues a downward trend observed since 2002.
Despite a nearly threefold drop in ciprofloxacin prescriptions over 6 years, the amount of fluoroquinolone-resistant E coli in the community rose.
The alert includes new information about locally acquired malaria infections.
With a new case in Miami-Dade County, Florida now has 16 dengue infections for the year.
A systematic review finds that room disinfection with ultraviolet-C has little impact on healthcare-associated multidrug-resistant infections.
A study in Louisiana shows that more women exceeded the recommended gestational weight gain during the pandemic.
A new analysis estimates that 1.41 million COVID-19 deaths occurred in the 35 days following the relaxation of China's policy.
The WHO said today it will shift its global COVID roundups from weekly updates to monthly reports.
The authors said the case report provides a cautionary example for health providers in areas with low TB incidence.
The vaccine targets outer membrane vesicles that are common to both Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo now has 135 vaccine-derived polio cases in 2023.
Nine deer farms in the state are still operating after a CWD detection, and 17 were previously shut down after deer tested positive.
"The vaccine spillover effects that we document in our research underscore the importance of restoring trust in human vaccine safety and efficacy."
