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Long COVID takes $1 trillion global economic toll each year, analysis suggests

A brief communication published last week in NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine outlines the substantial economic burden ...
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Washington state officials confirm H5N5 avian flu patient has died from infection

A Grays Harbor County, Washington resident has died from avian flu, state officials confirmed over the weekend. The patient ...
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Utah, South Carolina see more measles cases ahead of Thanksgiving

Officials in Utah, which has been battling a simmering outbreak in the southwestern part of the state, confirmed five new ...
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US COVID, flu, and RSV levels low but rising in many regions

The CDC monitors respiratory illness activity by looking at a range of diagnoses from emergency department (ED) visits, ...
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California identifies infant botulism cases tied to powdered formula from months before current outbreak

California health officials say the cases, which occurred from November 2024 to June 2025, have not been connected to the ...
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Public understanding of antibiotics is insufficient, global study finds

The study authors note that a systematic review conducted in 2015—the year the World Health Organization declared ...
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To tackle rising antibiotic resistance, GARDP aims for access

But at the United Nations high-level meeting on AMR) in 2024, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom ...
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3 studies: Nirsevimab highly effective against severe RSV in infants; intervention boosts uptake

Two new studies suggest that nirsevimab (Beyfortus) is 80% to 89% effective in protecting infants from poor respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) outcomes, and a third study ties a federal initiative to ...