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Being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 significantly decreased the probability of virus culture positivity in breakthrough cases versus cases in unvaccinated healthcare workers, according to a study on the non–peer-reviewed research server, medRxiv.
A modeling study shows that risk-based vaccine allocation may be most effective.
The more transmissible Delta variant taking off in countries that are known for their COVID-19 control efforts.
The latest surge marks grim milestones and puts pressure on hospitals.
Screening of a network of urban streams in Baltimore revealed high concentrations of pharmaceuticals, including antibiotics, researchers reported this week in Environmental Science & Technology.
Hospitalization and respiratory complications were more frequent in children and adolescents with COVID-19 during the early months of the pandemic than in those diagnosed as having influenza in past flu seasons, an international team of researchers reported today in Pediatrics.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Vaccines also saved an estimated $625 billion to $1.4 trillion by early May.
As the school year begins, COVID hospitalizations are rising for children.
The study found extremely high rates of resistance to ampicillin and gentamicin.
With 754 new cases, Australia reports its highest daily total of the pandemic, and Japan hit a record of almost 24,000 new cases.
COVID-19 restrictions in Australia were associated with a substantial decline in community dispensing of antibiotics for respiratory infections, researchers reported this week in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.
Early use of convalescent plasma didn't prevent COVID-19 progression in a group of high-risk adult outpatients, concludes a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
Cases continue to rise, led by the Western Pacific and Americas regions.
One study finds ebbing efficacy against infection in nursing homes, while 2 show sustained protection against hospitalizations.
"We have data that protection against moderate disease decreases over time."
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has received a $1.8 million grant from the Wellcome Trust to establish a clinical trial network focused on antibiotic-resistant infections.
For refugees, the biggest predictor of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), health anxiety, depression, or disability during COVID-19 was if their pandemic experiences triggered memories of past trauma, according to survey results published today in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology.
The news comes as a phase 1 trial shows that a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine elicited a greater immune response against the Beta and Delta variants.
Also, WHO airs concerns about COVID-19 spread amid interrupted vaccination efforts in Afghanistan.
