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A new nationwide study in France involving people 75 years or older found no increase in acute myocardial infarction, stroke, or pulmonary embolism 14 days following each Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine dose. The data was published as a research letter yesterday in JAMA.
More than 30 states report sustained rises in new cases as Americans prepare to gather for Thanksgiving.
The risk of stillbirth was quadruple with the Delta variant compared with uninfected women, and maternal death rates quintupled after Delta.
US infants born early in the pandemic were less likely to receive routine childhood vaccinations if their mothers had perinatal care disruptions (those just before or after birth) or experienced discrimination during pregnancy, according to a prospective study today in JAMA Pediatrics.
With antimicrobial use in livestock expected to double in 30 years, the FAO says nations' AMR capacities need bolstering.
Study estimates 12,000 excess deaths 2 weeks after ICUs reach 75% occupancy.
"As a clinician deep in the clinical trenches, I am really grateful we have clarity," says one ACIP expert.
Austria is the first nation in Europe to take such dramatic steps amid the continent's fourth surge.
New data from the European Centre for Diseases Prevention and Control (ECDC) show a dramatic drop in community antibiotic use across Europe during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Upwards of 700,000—perhaps as many as 1.6 million—US COVID-19 survivors haven't recovered their sense of smell after more than 6 months, according to a research letter yesterday in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.
Data suggest that interest in antibiotic R&D and in curbing environmental impact is growing.
Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands all report record high daily cases.
COVID-19 interventions might worsen loneliness, financial stress, and other mental health issues.
Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, and Rhode Island become the latest to expand eligibility for COVID-19 boosters.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a new comprehensive survey of vaccine uptake in healthcare workers (HCWs), showing that after initial enthusiasm, vaccine uptake stalled at 70% by Sep 15, 2021. Results of the survey are published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
For the 4th week in a row, the rate of new global COVID-19 cases rose, led by surges in Europe.
By the end of today 2.6 million young American children will have gotten their first shot.
Data show that people taking immunosuppressive drugs, including cancer patients, are not at higher risk.
New research from the Mayo Clinic shows monoclonal antibodies reduce the risk of hospitalization 77% in 1,395 patients who had breakthrough COVID-19 infections. The research was published yesterday in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
