Patients hospitalized with CAP who had an LRTS taken on admission exhibited reduced risk of mortality and were more likely to receive appropriate antibiotic therapy.

Immune responses to PCV13 were blunted among infants who received the first vaccine dose during a respiratory viral season.

For the first time, bird flu has been detected in rats, the United States Department of Agriculture confirmed.

Postpandemic hospital occupancy is higher than prepandemic and is expected to continue increasing without changes in the hospitalization rate or staffed hospital bed supply.

In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with increased odds of leaving the emergency department before medically advised.

Lea County, New Mexico, is now reporting an outbreak of measles, according to the New Mexico Department of Health.

The FDA has approved Merilog (insulin-aspart-szjj), a biosimilar to Novolog, to improve glycemic control in patients with diabetes mellitus.