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Elsewhere, the UK says new cases involving SARS-CoV-2 variants are dropping sharply.
Patients critically ill with COVID-19 infections had significantly lower levels of antibodies against seasonal human coronaviruses (HCoVs) OV43 and HKU1 than those with mild to severe infections, according to a German study published yesterday in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
CARB-X announced today that it is awarding up to $2.2 million to the University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) to continue developing new compounds designed to boost antibiotics that have become ineffective against drug-resistant bacterial infections.
Seven poultry workers at a plant in southern Russia are infected; the nation first reported the strain in poultry last year.
It took only 1 month for the nation's death tally to grow from 400,000 to 500,000.
Experts in health-system pharmacy say the potential for major disruptions will increase.
Giving the second dose at 3 months resulted in up to 47% greater protection than giving it at 6 weeks.
Tedros urges vaccine companies to prioritize COVAX contracts and for high-income countries to avoid signing new contracts that deplete the global supply.
People who received their flu vaccine were less likely to test positive for COVID-19, and if they were infected with the virus, they were less likely to need hospitalization, mechanical ventilation, or a longer hospital stay, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control.
The Australian government late last week released a One Health Master Action Plan (OHMAP) to support the country's 2o20 antimicrobial resistance (AMR) strategy.
New studies and regulatory requests from Pfizer could pave the way for more pregnant women to be vaccinated and more developing nations to receive vaccine.
One of the studies is based on psychiatric assessment after COVID-19 emergency care, and the other is based on a US web survey of adults.
G7 leaders pledge more than $4 billion more to COVAX; deliveries to lower-resource nations begin soon.
Provincial health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) North Kivu province yesterday reported two more Ebola cases, one of them more than 90 miles from Butembo, the main epicenter, according to Reuters.
The new cases raise the outbreak total to six, with the number of deaths remaining at two. One of the new patients is from Katwa, about 6 miles from Butembo. The other is from Manguredjipa, about 93 miles away.
More than 20.5 million years of life may have been lost during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Scientific Reports study published yesterday. The study also reports that, compared with the median mortality rate of the seasonal flu, COVID-19 deaths may be two to nine times higher.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A new study conducted in Sweden provides evidence that hospital wastewater selects for multidrug-resistant strains of bacteria while killing antibiotic-sensitive bacteria.
Lab studies point to lower protection against the variant first identified in South Africa.
The WHO is deploying 100 staff and, for Guinea, has released $1.25 million to support local control efforts.
A single high dose did not affect hospital and ICU stay or the need for a ventilator.
Also, the White House says it will spend $650 million to expand testing for schools and congregate settings.
