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The study took place during Mali's malaria season, and findings suggest the treatment is worth pursuing.
The World Health Organization (WHO) monkeypox emergency committee met for the third time on Oct 20 to discuss the latest developments, concluding that the situation still warrants a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).
After the COVID-19 vaccine rollout to adults, Americans living in states with Republican-controlled governments were at an 11% higher risk of COVID-19 death than those in Democrat-led states, and residents of right-leaning states had a 26% higher death rate than those in states with a left-leaning voter majority.
Officials are now reporting 128 lab-confirmed cases, up from 109, and the case-fatality rate is 28%.
The risk of overall infant neurodevelopment didn't change in the first year of COVID-19.
About 51% of patients with milder cases, 67% of hospitalized patients; and 74% of ICU patients had long COVID.
A report last week from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) suggests steps could be taken to limit the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in food-producing animals during transportation.
First-dose COVID-19 vaccine uptake was higher in US states with worker vaccine mandates, suggesting that the requirements may have motivated even residents not covered to comply, concludes a study published late last week in JAMA Health Forum.
WHO advisers hold off on designating XBB and BQ.1 sublineages as variants of concern.
One study finds persistent racial disparities in Paxlovid prescribing through July 2022.
Nearly one third of 158 untreated COVID-19 patients experienced symptom rebound after being symptom-free for at least 2 consecutive days, finds a study of US adults published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
An analysis of patients with Escherichia coli bloodstream infections (BSIs) found notably poorer outcomes in those with ceftriaxone-resistant infections, US researchers reported yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Officials will evaluate 3 Sudan Ebola vaccine candidates, and healthcare workers are already testing some new treatment options.
Those who were vaccinated were less likely to report such symptoms.
WHO officials say the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on essential TB services has reversed years of progress.
"There is concern antibiotic shortages could lead to antimicrobial resistance, as physicians may have to resort to less optimal agents."
Today during a Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity call, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and children who have been exposed to monkeypox be tested promptly if they show symptoms.
Among a sample of 107 households with pets and at least one COVID-19–infected adult in Idaho and Washington state, 21% of dogs and 39% of cats had signs of infection, 40% of dogs and 43% of cats had SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, and 5% and 8%, respectively, tested positive on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, finds a new study in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Of 57 hospitalized patients with severe manifestations, most were Black men with AIDS.
