January 14, 2025
TOPLINE: Influenza vaccination demonstrates consistent effectiveness of approximately 50% across all severity levels in children, with higher protection observed in younger children (age, 6 months to […]
January 14, 2025
Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) has the potential to substantially reduce real-world population-level incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a study in JAMA Internal Medicine suggested. This […]
January 9, 2025
The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a sharp rise in respiratory viral infections since December 2024, including from human metapneumovirus (hMPV), drawing […]
January 9, 2025
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese health authorities said on Thursday they had detected the new mutated mpox strain clade Ib as the viral infection spreads to […]
January 9, 2025
A few items bring back unpleasant memories of COVID-19, such as masks. However, they are among the simplest and most effective ways to prevent the spread […]
January 8, 2025
(Reuters) -The U.S. will rebuild a stockpile of bird flu vaccines for poultry that match the strain of the virus circulating in commercial flocks and wild […]
January 7, 2025
TOPLINE: Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae (hmKp) strains demonstrate a significantly lower prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) production and slightly lower carbapenem resistance than non-hmKp strains, according to […]
January 7, 2025
GENEVA (Reuters) – The risk to the general population from H5N1 bird flu remains low, a World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday, following the first […]
January 7, 2025
Almost 70 years after the discovery of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), vaccines and preventive treatments are giving babies a chance to beat the potentially deadly […]