The US authorities have reported the first-ever case of an H5 strain of avian influenza without a known occupational exposure to sick or infected animals in the country.
Faced with a dramatic rise in sexually transmitted infections, including syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhoea in the US, the US government has, for the first time, backed the use of an
Adults aged 60 and over in the US will be eligible for vaccinations with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines from GSK or Pfizer later this year, if the Centers for
Johnson & Johnson's also-ran COVID-19 vaccine has been cleared in the EU as a booster shot, although its role in the US could be impacted by new data on rare blood clots.
Three hurdles to allowing booster COVID-19 vaccinations for all adults in the US fell in swift succession on Friday, clearing the way for wider use of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna shots.