Infection

After exposure to COVID-19, asymptomatic individuals in low-risk settings no longer need to quarantine, says the CDC; masking is still recommended.

Lyme disease vaccine being tested in phase 3 trial, Lyme disease diagnoses up 357%, and 3 more updates on tick-borne diseases.

A smaller dose given by intradermal injection will expand the total US supply by a factor of 5, FDA says.

Monkeypox will now be treated as a public health emergency in the US where the outbreak has become the largest in the world, according to authorities.

Investigators from CDC warned, however, that HPV vaccinations missed due to the COVID-19 pandemic could stymie this progress.

The first US polio case in more than a decade was found in vaccination-poor Rockland County, NY, where the virus has now been found in wastewater.

When a workup begins with lab tests a thorough history can be an afterthought. Before this patient had a blind liver biopsy, case author Dr Rodger MacArthur asked some simple questions.

A new survey of monkeypox outbreak perceptions among US adults offers primary care clinicians a quick take on what their patients may be thinking.

Data from the CDC on US vaccination and booster shot rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.

Data from the CDC on boosters and US vaccination rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.