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A nationwide surveillance study identified widespread community reservoirs of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae associated with recurrent urinary tract infections and antibiotic resistance.

Suicide mortality increased among adolescents and young adults across the Americas from 2000 to 2021. Rates varied by age, sex, and region, with widening disparities observed in population-level data.