DermaRite is recalling antiseptic lotion soaps, external analgesics, antimicrobial foam soaps, and antiseptic cleansers due to microbial contamination.

The recombinant zoster vaccine significantly lowers the risk for shingles complications among individuals with IBD.

HealthDay News — Health officials in China are reporting more than 8,000 cases of chikungunya, a virus spread by mosquitoes that can cause fever and painful joints.

US health officials informed more than half a dozen leading medical organizations that they will no longer be invited to participate in developing vaccination recommendations.

The mean percentage of total calories consumed from ultraprocessed foods was 55% among those aged 1 year and older during August 2021 to August 2023.

Many individuals who are not up to date with recommended vaccinations would accept vaccines if offered during an emergency department visit.

The FDA has removed the recommended pause in the use of Valneva’s chikungunya vaccine Ixchiq in individuals aged 60 years and older.

Oseltamivir treatment during influenza episodes is associated with a reduced risk for serious neuropsychiatric events among children and teens.

The prevalence of invasive fungal infections was low worldwide, however, there was a significant burden observed in resource-limited settings.

The presence of excess weight or obesity in long COVID is significantly associated with neurological and neuropsychiatric symptom development.

HealthDay News — Treatment of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MISC), a postacute sequela of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), with larazotide speeds ...

Vaccination with the updated COVID-19 mRNA vaccine containing the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron JN.1 lineage was not associated with an increased risk for 29 adverse events.