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News Scan for Jun 07, 2021

Trial of rapid respiratory tests finds no reduction in antibiotics

The use of rapid respiratory pathogen (RRP) testing among children with influenza-like illness (ILI) did not reduce antibiotic prescribing, according to a randomized clinical trial published late last week in JAMA Network Open.

  • Rapid ILI tests and antibiotic Rx
  • WHO on J&J Ebola vaccine

News Scan for May 12, 2021

Waiting room video cuts antibiotic expectations but not prescriptions

Watching a brief video about antibiotic treatment prior to a family practitioner visit reduced patients' expectations about receiving antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) but had no influence on physician prescribing, according to a randomized controlled trial published this week in the Annals of Family Medicine.

  • Patients' expectation for antibiotics
  • Improper antibiotics for COVID-19
  • Proactive Ebola vaccination in Sierra Leone

News Scan for May 05, 2021

Study says COVID-19 recurrence could be less than 0.1%

Less than 0.1% of all COVID-positive patients in the Intermountain Healthcare system had probable or possible recurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to a PLOS One study yesterday.

  • COVID-19 recurrence
  • Medicaid expansion during COVID
  • Guinea's fragile Ebola situation

News Scan for May 03, 2021

DRC declares end to its latest Ebola outbreak

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) health ministry today declared the end of the country's 12th Ebola outbreak, given that 42 days have passed with no new cases since the last patient was released from treatment.

  • End to DRC Ebola outbreak
  • Canadian variant flu cases

News Scan for Apr 06, 2021

CARB-X awards funding for rapid sexually transmitted infections test

CARB-X announced today that it is awarding up to $3.6 million in funding to Novel Microdevices, Inc. of Baltimore to develop a rapid, portable molecular diagnostic test for sexually transmitted bacterial infections.

  • CARB-X funds for rapid STI test
  • More Ebola cases in Guinea
  • HPV vaccine in pregnancy

News Scan for Apr 02, 2021

CDC reports 8-state Salmonella outbreak tied to wild songbirds

Eight people have been hospitalized amid a 19-person Salmonella outbreak linked to wild songbirds in eight states, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigation notice released yesterday.

  • Salmonella outbreak tied to songbirds
  • Ebola case in Guinea
  • Polio in 2 countries

News Scan for Apr 01, 2021

Study: More stillbirths, maternal deaths during COVID pandemic

The first global assessment of the collateral impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pregnancy outcomes found a significant increase in stillbirths, maternal deaths, maternal depression, and women requiring surgery for ectopic pregnancy, researchers reported yesterday in The Lancet Global Health.

  • COVID impact on pregnancy outcomes
  • COVID-19 nursing home risks
  • Outbreak tied to Ebola relapse
  • Global flu stays low

News Scan for Mar 25, 2021

CDC notes dramatic drop in HPV in females since vaccine introduced

Since the introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in 2006, rates of HPV infections among females fell 88% in teens 14 to 19 years and by 81% in those aged 20 to 24 by 2018, according to a study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

  • HPV infections down
  • Sexually transmitted infections
  • Guinea Ebola countdown

News Scan for Mar 23, 2021

Infliximab associated with lower likelihood of COVID-19 antibodies

People with COVID-19 infections who also used the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) drug infliximab had significantly fewer detectable antibodies than those who used vedolizumab, which treats IBD without the immune suppression, according to a study yesterday in Gut.

  • Inflammatory bowel drug and COVID-19
  • Weight gain during pandemic
  • Ebola countdown in DRC

News Scan for Mar 12, 2021

NIAID awards grants for bacteriophage research

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced yesterday that it has awarded $2.5 million in grants to support research on bacteriophage therapy.

  • Grants for phage research
  • Guinea Ebola source
  • Multistate E coli outbreak
  • More polio in 6 nations

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