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A study conducted in a network of urgent care and express care clinics in Iowa found that implementation of cascade reporting was associated with a significant decline in fluoroquinolone prescribing, researchers reported today in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology.
Rates of Kawasaki disease, a rare acquired cardiac condition in kids, fell nationally during peak COVID-19 transmission when control measures were in place, potentially providing a clue that multiple triggers and upper airway inhalation might be involved.
Though the rate of Omicron long COVID appears to be lower, because the variant causes so much infection, a lot of people are still affected.
In global news, WHO advisers weigh in on the composition of modified COVID-19 vaccines to address variants.
Researchers in Austria are reporting the identification of a second strain of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) gonorrhea.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Rates of COVID-19 hospitalization among adult Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities were almost 50% higher than rates among elderly beneficiaries with no disability, according to a study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Also, a new study finds a 4- to 17-day incubation period, which supports current isolation and contact-tracing guidance.
Flu vaccination rates fell 4.5 percentage points (from 43.7% to 39.2%) in states with below-average COVID-19 vaccination.
Pediatric urgent care (UC) centers involved in a multisite quality improvement (QI) study saw significant reductions in inappropriate antibiotics for three target diagnoses, a team of US researchers reported yesterday in Pediatrics.
Levels of COVID-19 vaccination in 31 African countries in the first 5 months of 2022 show a significant rise in COVID-19 immunization among high-risk groups, officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said today at a briefing.
"But it doesn't change our assessment of the current transmission route."
Moderna and Pfizer vaccines gain unanimous approval for kids as young as 6 months; CDC advisers will assess them next.
The goal is to make the new antibiotic cefiderocol available in up to 135 nations.
In a global flu update that covers the last half of May, the World Health Organization (WHO) said this week that overall activity has declined since a March peak, but levels are rising in some temperate Southern Hemisphere countries, including Australia.
A study today in JAMA Network Open comparing COVID-19 versus flu in kids 5 years old and younger finds that the novel coronavirus led to twice the rate of admissions to pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) and rates of intubation one-third higher during the first 15 months of the pandemic.
The report seeks to curb antibiotic discharge into the environment.
The move comes as the more transmissible BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants expand their reach.
The authors say viral replication may have triggered a secondary immune response in the rebound cases.
Experts meet next week to discern if the disease represents a global public health emergency.
