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Within the first 21 days after diagnosis, the risk of all-cause death was 68 to 81 times higher in COVID-19 patients.
The WHO says cases have risen 1%, and, of 11 countries reporting increases, the largest was in Mexico.
More than 80% adherence is necessary to cut antibiotic use in patients with suspected lower respiratory tract infections, analysis finds.
Selux Diagnostics can now commercialize its Next Generation Phenotyping (NGP) System, which provides susceptibility results within 24 hours for 14 pathogens.
A buck brought to a taxidermist represents the first CWD case in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Poor outcomes include illness and death, bacterial infections, more ICU days, and serious conditions such as preeclampsia.
Also, officials detail outbreaks in poultry globally, and 3 more grizzlies are infected in Montana.
There are currently 16 vaccine candidates in clinical development, but progress has been constrained by lack of funding and attention.
The number of affected COVID-19 survivors is based on the estimated global rate of 10% of infected people and more than 651 million documented cases and is likely an undercount.
A randomized clinical trial shows that 2 days of postoperative IV antibiotics for complex appendicitis is non-inferior to 5 days.
Analysis of wastewater isolates revealed phylogenetic relatedness to isolates from three acute-care hospitals in the same watershed.
The EU looks to amend laws to require increasing stocks of essential medicines and offering more timely notifications of shortages.
The WHO welcomed the new details, but asked for a breakdown by province and more SARS-CoV-2 sequences.
Compared with uninfected pregnant women, the risk of death was more than 7 times higher, and the risk of ICU care was almost quadruple.
Follow-up investigations in the US and other nations and by the company have not found the same increase.
ICU care for COVID-19 patients averaged $24,200, compared with $4,700 for general-admission patients.
Researchers describe a CWD strain from a moose in Finland that's distinct not only from CWD prions in North America but also from those in neighboring Norway.
Results show substantial variability in the strategic responses to antimicrobial resistance of 114 countries.
Infections of MDR Salmonella enterica I serotype 4, [5], 12:i:- linked to pigs are increasing.
US COVID trends show mixed patterns, with cases and hospitalizations down a bit, but deaths up sharply.
