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The FDA's vaccine advisory group will discuss the make-up of 2024-25 vaccines at its meeting on May 16.
People who received the COVID-19 booster vaccine had 25% lower odds of having long COVID than their unvaccinated counterparts.
Using data on factors such as water quality and public health spending, researchers were able to estimate antimicrobial resistance (AMR) rates in countries lacking AMR surveillance data.
The RENOFARM initiative aims to work with governments, farmers, and other stakeholders to reduce the use of antimicrobials in livestock production.
After the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines at the end of 2020, there were on average 10,201 more vaccine-related tweets per month.
Of those who had declined the vaccine, 22% said they were interested in receiving a dose in the emergency department.
Global health groups say evolving developments, including a novel reassortant in Asia and increasing detections in mammals, require real-time monitoring.
The monoclonal antibody, L9LS, was previously shown to offer 80% protection to adults in a phase 1 trial.
Data from the WHO show that 81% of patients with severe COVID-19 received antibiotics, while an NIH study finds a 32% increase in resistant, hospital-acquired infections.
Adults with long COVID were about twice as likely to experience depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, cognitive problems, and disabling fatigue.
Amid further declines in COVID activity, the CDC reported a steady rise in JN.1 spinoffs that have 2 added spike mutations, part of a group nicknamed FLiRT.
The products, which appear pre-browned and cooked, are often cooked from a frozen state, which increases the chance that the raw chicken component may not reach a safe internal temperature.
Optimal dosing of the drug based on body weight is still unknown.
Further investigation revealed 3 additional deer with chronic wasting disease.
The odds of the condition were increased among recipients of all 4 vaccines studied: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and J&J.
Overall, 40% percent of respondents perceived that RSV illness among children is both serious and likely.
The highest concentrations were in regions where the virus has been found in dairy herds.
Reasons cited for accepting the option of refusing treatment included unreasonable risk to physicians and their families and labor rights and worker protection.
Pivya (pivmecillinam) is the first antibiotic approved by the FDA for uncomplicated UTIs in more than 2 decades.
Participants with a history of COVID-19 were more likely to experience some degree of smell loss compared with those without a history.