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The guidelines aim to prevent bloodstream infections caused by poor practices in the insertion, maintenance, and removal of peripheral intravenous catheters.
The project asks adopters to commit to antimicrobial stewardship principles developed by the International Poultry Council.
The index case-patient, who died from his infection, shared a hospital room with the second patient identified.
Using zinc was associated with little or no reduction in the risk of developing a cold, the mean annual number of colds, or symptom severity.
Monitoring of about 70 farm workers found no symptoms, and the state's wastewater sampling pilot has found no flu rise.
The ivermectin prescription rate was 1.6% for the top 3 states.
The disease had probably been in the state for some time, officials say.
The clinical trials will examine treatments and therapies for sleep disturbances, exercise intolerance, and post-exertional malaise.
The plan aims to reduce antimicrobial use in people and animals, promote stewardship, and stimulate development of new drugs and vaccines.
The Global AMR Diary will collect the stories of patients, parents, providers, and others affected by drug-resistant bacterial infections.
Whooping cough cases in Europe have seen a nearly 10-fold increase in 2023 and 2024.
The FDA said the few extra weeks allow it to obtain the most up-to-date information for making its recommendation.
Also, another avian flu outbreak was reported in backyard poultry in Idaho.
Researchers say the campaign encouraged 22 million Americans to complete their primary COVID-19 vaccine series, preventing nearly 2.6 million infections.
Wastewater treatment systems that have no intake of animal-related sewage could serve as sentinels for human disease, experts say.
The finalized policy revisions and implementation guidance were supported by the work of a federal advisory group, which held listening sessions to hear from stakeholders.
Almost all index patients (98%) had influenza A infection.
Chest pain and palpitations were more common in young adults, but not in the younger age-groups.
Data from 152 countries show use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals climbed by 2% from 2019 to 2021.
Wellcome, the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will each donate $100 million to the joint initiative.
