The US Preventive Services Task Force has issued a reaffirmation recommendation statement about screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria in adults; nonpregnant women and men do not need screening. Medscape Medical News
Results of a study on oral amoxicillin in children with pneumonia should spare children and their families the trauma and pain of cannulation for intravenous antibiotics and reduce hospital stay. Medscape Medical News
Timely reporting of foodborne diseases is necessary to identify persons at risk for exposure and to prevent additional cases in outbreak settings. Learn more about these foodborne outbreaks. Emerging Infectious Diseases
Close to 10% of US military personnel sent to Afghanistan appear not to be suitable candidates for malaria chemoprophylaxis with mefloquine, according to a February 11 issue of the BMC publication Malaria Journal. Reuters Health Information
Human parechoviruses are an important viral cause of sepsis-like illness and meningitis in young children, according to Dutch researchers. Reuters Health Information
The prions responsible for kuru have transmission properties that are equivalent to those of sporadic (classical) Creutzfeld-Jakob disease (CJD) prions, the results of an animal study indicate. Reuters Health Information
