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Children and COVID: New cases up for third straight week
Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech each submitted requests for emergency use authorizations for vaccines in the last week.
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Unexplained hepatitis cases in children reported in 10 U.S. states, more than 200 worldwide
Although the total number of worldwide cases remains small, the severity of the cases – as well as their unexplained cause – have health officials...
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CDC reports first human case of H5 bird flu in the U.S.
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How do we distinguish between viral and bacterial meningitis?
Viral meningitis is usually not associated with a decreased level of consciousness or significant decline in overall health status.
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Children and COVID: Weekly cases rise again, but more slowly
Major national indicators offer no suggestion of another surge.
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Omicron BA.2: What do we know so far?
Non–peer-reviewed studies have shown a replication of Omicron in...
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Babies die as congenital syphilis continues a decade-long surge across the U.S.
From 2011 to 2020, congenital syphilis resulted in 633 documented stillbirths and infant deaths, according to the new CDC data.
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Asymptomatic C. difficile carriers may infect the people they live with after hospitalization
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Meningococcal vaccine shows moderate protective effect against gonorrhea