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As H5N1 bird flu continues to spread around the US, health officials recently found that 7 percent of dairy workers tested on farms in two states had evidence of recent infection — and some had signs of infection even when they didn’t feel sick.
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Seasonal influenza epidemics impose substantial burdens on health care systems and cause >5 million hospitalizations of adults each year. The current approach to influenza vaccine development requires comprehensive surveillance of circulating strains, which are constantly moving from continent to continent....
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High" levels of viral activity are also on the rise with detections now in five U.S. states, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
"Very high" levels of viral activity have been detected in Montana, with "high" levels in Arkansas, Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wyoming.
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The study is published in the journal Vaccine: X.
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This year's headlines on COVID-19 featured new research on COVID-related mortality, post-acute sequelae of infection, vaccine safety, and potential therapeutics.
COVID Deaths Are Down, but...
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A study by the University of Pennsylvania and researchers from 26 U.S. children's hospitals has linked elevated body mass index (BMI) to a significantly higher risk of developing post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) among children and young adults.
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