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A study conducted in San Francisco found that homeless residents were more than four times as likely to have group A Streptococcus (GAS) skin infections as people with stable housing, researchers reported yesterday in JAMA Dermatology.
However, COVID-19 deaths—known to be a lagging indicator—continue to rise, the WHO says.
"We are encouraged by current trends, but we are not there yet."
A coalition is pushing the nation's largest fast-food chain to cut the antibiotics used in its beef.
The detection marks the first appearance of high-path avian flu in US poultry since 2020.
Global flu activity shows more signs of decline after peaking at the end of 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest global flu update, which covers roughly the middle 2 weeks of January.
A prospective cohort study of US children diagnosed as having COVID-19 reveals that certain demographic characteristics, preexisting chronic diseases, and initial vital sign and lab values may portend disease severity, a finding that the researchers said could help improve outcomes.
Also, 4.2 million US kids' cases were reported in January, and global developments include hamster infections and Olympics news.
COVID-19 raises the risk of serious complications or death 40%, new data show.
The introduction of procalcitonin (PCT) testing at UK hospitals during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with an immediate but not sustained decline in antibiotic prescribing, researchers reported today in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
A small Massachusetts General Hospital–based study in JAMA shows more lasting antibodies in infants after COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy, compared with infants whose mothers had natural COVID-19 infections during pregnancy but were not vaccinated.
America's pandemic toll reaches 900,000, and 100,000 of those deaths have been logged since Dec 13.
Hong Kong, which has taken a more aggressive "zero COVID" approach, reports a record 614 daily cases.
Nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients at highest risk for severe outcomes are often the least likely to receive monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), finds a study of more than 1.9 million Medicare beneficiaries published late last week in JAMA.
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been confirmed for the first time in Louisiana, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) said late last week.
So far, 37 states are part of the SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance system.
The first US population-based characterization of the conditions has implications for many who have recovered.
With robust vaccine supplies, groups are revamping programs to more quickly and efficiently get doses into people's arms.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A review and meta-analysis of studies from more than 40 countries found that individuals misuse antibiotics regardless of their education level, researchers reported yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control.
COVID-19 vaccine uptake among adults living with HIV in New York was lower than that of the rest of the state's population as of October 2021, according to a study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
