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Many facilities have less than 1 week's supply of at least one type of protective equipment.
"Cases are actually going up. And we know that, too, because hospitalizations are going up."
In recent weeks Europe has become one of the world's biggest pandemic hot spots.
A Swedish study in The Lancet Healthy Longevity yesterday revealed a higher risk of COVID-19 mortality among older people—ages 70 and above—living in nursing homes as well as with or in close contact with younger people, underlining the importance of community spread and individual points of transmission to older adults.
Any flu vaccine delays have been largely due to the rate of delivery, not the supply.
Officials in several nations are announcing or considering sweeping new restrictions.
A panel of experts convened by the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) has released a set of recommendations for preventing Clostridioides difficile infections in hospitals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Sports cardiologists in JAMA Cardiology yesterday updated guidance for athletes returning to play (RTP) after COVID-19 infection. The authors recommended a risk stratification approach, with screening for cardiac injury only for athletes with severe disease or preexisting cardiovascular (CV) conditions.
Also, severity of disease may be predictive of longer-lasting antibody protection.
The data suggest avoidance of care for fear of infection or for other reasons, even for life-threatening conditions.
A top White House official says the nation can't control COVID-19.
A day after the most daily cases ever, the global total tops 43 million infections.
A multicenter survey found that only 7% of ambulatory healthcare settings in the United States have fully functional antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs), researchers reported late last week in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that US healthcare workers accounted for 6% of COVID-19 hospitalizations from March through May.
Vaccination rates are steady, though disparities remain for the uninsured.
The head of the WHO highlights 5 steps to take, such as open communication.
The therapy provided no benefit over usual care in 464 COVID-19 adult patients.
Ten countries reported a total of 87 new polio cases over the past week, including Afghanistan and Pakistan seven African nations, and Yemen, according to the latest update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
In the first large study looking at SARS-CoV-2 viral loads (VL) in asymptomatic children, researchers found that VL were 3 to 4 logs lower compared with symptomatic children, which was consistent with the difference in median cycle threshold (Ct) values—10.3 cycles—between the two groups.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Oct 22
Sales of veterinary antibiotics in European countries fell by more than one-third from 2011 through 2018, according to a report yesterday from the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
