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The findings highlight the need to boost infection prevention and control and antimicrobial stewardship efforts in Greek hospitals.
More than half (53.5%) of patients with PCC had a response speed slower than 2 standard deviations from the control mean.
In a preliminary flu season severity assessment, the CDC said the season has been moderate.
Though quarter 1 of 2020 saw the highest exit rate, the percentage remained high throughout the study period.
A simulation estimated that reallocating COVID-19 treatment based on risk for severe infection would have prevented 16,500 COVID-related deaths.
In a case of "droplet dogma," the WHO hasn't fully recognized the role of aerosols in the transmission of respiratory viruses, they say.
In the intention-to-treat population, the vaccine effectiveness of the typhoid vaccine was 78%.
The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Registry says fluoroquinolones should be used only when no other appropriate antibiotics are available.
High use of Watch antibiotics was reported among patients in Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Africa.
The CWD positive is the first at Sheboygan County farm, though the disease had been detected in the area's wild deer.
Currently reported antiviral use among the general adult population has been 35% or less.
Surveys suggest that, postpandemic, workers will roughly quadruple the time they work from home compared with before the pandemic.
Incidence of blastomycosis in Vermont was found to be higher than reported in the states where it's considered endemic.
Imported measles cases are rising, with two localized outbreaks reported.
In a population-based study, patients recently exposed to antibiotics and proton pump inhibitors had an 18-fold increase in the risk of C diff infection.
Activity is rising in Europe and Central Asia, with declines in other regions, including parts of East Asia and the Arabian Peninsula.
Obesity prevalence among children ages 4 to 5 years increased by 45% during the first year of the pandemic.
The toilet seat had the most contamination, while walls had little.
The two groups will combine efforts to genetically track threats ranging from mosquito borne pathogens to pandemic flu.
Babies exposed to COVID in-utero had triple the risk, but it wasn't as high when moms were vaccinated.
