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The point-prevalence survey of European hospitals also found that 1 in 3 microorganisms detected in HAIs were resistant to antibiotics.
Officials also urged health providers to watch for possible clade 1 cases in people with travel history or epidemiological connections to African outbreak locations.
The investigation revealed that 170 people—many of them in high-risk groups—may have been exposed to TB, a number expected to grow.
The mean SARS-CoV-2 viral load was reduced 3.6-fold with metformin.
The trial found that the broad-spectrum antiseptic dequalinium chloride was noninferior to metronidazole, and more tolerable.
The patient worked at a farm where the illness was suspected in cows and in a region where H5N1 was confirmed in other dairy herds.
Though the flu season is winding down, the CDC received 10 more reports of pediatric flu deaths, including one from a flu A/flu B coinfection.
Less than 1% of unvaccinated infants exposed to vaccinated babies contracted rotavirus.
Members of the CIDRAP-ASP team discuss recommendations from the AMR Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform, which informed negotiations for the political declaration adopted at the UN High-Level Meeting on AMR.
In other developments, the USDA said ground beef samples were negative for the virus and Michigan and Colorado announced emergency measures.
The sensitivity of RATs was 47%, compared with RT-PCR and 80% versus viral culture.
Seventeen percent to 20% of caregivers reported poor mental health in the lockdown periods of 2020-2021.
This decline in consumption was still evident in 2022 after the initial pandemic restrictions had ended.
A wild deer exhibiting signs of CWD tested positive for the fatal prion disease in mid-March.
The treatment effect was strongest in healthcare workers 30 years and younger.
The FDA will test pooled raw milk to give the agency a better picture of the viral load before pasteurization.
Generic drugs made up about 90% of US prescriptions in 2022.
Ten countries reported case rises in March, with the Republic of Congo reporting the largest rise in Africa.
Five studies reported 2-dose protection ranging from 66% to 90%.
More than 75% of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates collected from patients in 9 states were defined as difficult to treat.
