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After a 6-week decline, global COVID-19 cases are on the rise again, a worrisome development.
Instead of taking samples before and after travel, the researchers assessed daily samples.
The Guinea outbreak has reached 17 cases, and the CDC has issued public health and travel-related measures.
Availability of the J&J vaccine will be limited for weeks.
Israel's national COVID-19 vaccine rollout, which saw 84% of people 70 and older fully vaccinated by Feb 9 , was associated with less need for mechanical ventilation in the elderly. The finding could show that COVID-19 vaccine rollouts help prevent severe cases at the national level, according to a study in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
CARB-X announced today that it is awarding more than $10 million to GSK to develop vaccines to prevent serious infections caused by common bacterial pathogens that pose a significant health threat in the developing world.
Once the CDC gives the nod, distribution will start this week, with 2 million doses allocated to states.
The move gives the US a third vaccine to fight the pandemic—one that offers an easier, one-dose option that does not have to be frozen.
Now open for public comment, the WHO-led roadmap has 14 goals.
"We are left with evidence of benefit from interleukin-6 inhibitors, at least under some circumstances."
Now, it's up to FDA officials to make a final decision, which could come tomorrow.
Ten percent of cases are now caused by B117, up from 1% to 4% a few weeks ago.
In addition to less antibiotic use, participating hospitals saw a 20% drop in hospital-onset C difficile.
Five residents of a skilled nursing facility in Kentucky were likely reinfected with COVID-19, and the disease was worse the second time, with one patient dying, according to today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Feb 25
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that its influenza vaccine strain selection committee has made its recommendations for the Northern Hemisphere's 2021-22 flu season, which swaps out the two influenza A strains for both the egg-based and cell-based or recombinant vaccines.
MIS-C patients were almost twice as likely to have no underlying medical conditions.
The New York variant carries a mutation that may lower vaccine protection, and the California one has become widespread.
Leaders of some countries warned that spiking cases amid the spread of variant viruses will put intense pressure on health systems.
A survey of US registered dental hygienists reported that 3.1% had been diagnosed as having COVID-19 as of October 2020, according to a Journal of Dental Hygiene study published yesterday. At the time, the study says an estimated 2.3% of the general US population had been infected.
