A multicenter study in Argentina, published in 2026 in Medicina (Buenos Aires), found whooping cough bacteria in only 1 of 391 adults with a recent cough, while viruses were common and hospitalization was linked to other illnesses.
A CDC study published Oct. 1, 2026, in JAMA Network Open found that most typhoid and paratyphoid infections diagnosed in the US from 2016 to 2020 were not susceptible to ciprofloxacin, and 81.9% of patients had traveled or lived abroad.
A meta-analysis of forty-three studies, published Oct. 7, 2026, in Frontiers in Public Health, linked a history of smoking to higher odds of antibiotic-resistant infection (odds ratio 1.66), with most evidence from drug-resistant tuberculosis.
In an analysis of the Danish DAN-RSV trial, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity in October 2026, RSV hospitalization was more than nine-fold higher in unvaccinated older adults with weakened immunity, and the vaccine's overall effectiveness was 83.3%.
In a study of US veterans 50 and older, published Oct. 1, 2026, in JAMA Network Open, the mRNA-1345 RSV vaccine had an estimated effectiveness of 81.8% against RSV hospitalization in one season, with lower protection in the oldest group.
A meta-analysis of twenty-two reports, published Oct. 8, 2026, in Frontiers in Immunology, found that randomized trials don't show that exercise before a flu shot, or regular training, clearly improves antibody responses, but benefit can't be ruled out.
In a US survey published Oct. 1, 2026, in JAMA Network Open, 27.9% of adults said they had misrepresented symptoms to a clinician to get antibiotics, most often for cold-like symptoms.
In a phase 1 trial published Oct. 28, 2026, in Science Translational Medicine, 45 healthy adults were infected with a weakened dengue virus. People's existing antibodies and T cells shaped how much the virus grew and how strong and lasting…
In a randomized trial published Oct. 26, 2026, in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, healthy adults who ate 56 g of almonds a day had higher antibody levels against one flu strain after vaccination than those who ate pretzels.…