In a case first reported in Louisiana last Friday, a patient has now developed the first known case of bird flu so severe as to require hospitalization, according to the US CDC.

LRTIs have a prolonged adverse effect on the health status trajectories of older adults, especially among men.

The global disease burden of enteric fever among children aged younger than 15 has declined since 1990; however, low sociodemographic index regions remain a concern.

California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a public health emergency as bird flu continues to spread among the state’s dairy cattle.

Patients with liver cirrhosis achieved higher levels of seroprotection against HBV and improved immunogenicity via alternative vaccination strategies.

Postmenopausal women, particularly those who experience early menopause, may have a higher risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis.

RSVpreF vaccination is effective against RSV-related lower respiratory tract disease among adults aged 60 years or older.

Electronic sepsis screening among hospitalized ward patients reduces 90-day in-hospital mortality compared with no screening.

Knowledge of the association between HPV and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma is poor and did not improve from 2018 to 2020.

In news that suggests the US opioid epidemic may be easing, drug overdose deaths fell 17% between July 2023 and July 2024.

Patients who received the original monovalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccine were less likely than unvaccinated patients to be hospitalized for COVID-19-associated VTE.

The FDA has granted Fast Track designation to 2 investigational combination vaccines to prevent influenza and COVID-19 infections in adults 50 years and older.