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The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) this week issued an alert on the potential emergence and spread of extremely drug-resistant (XDR) Shigella sonnei in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The risk of breakthrough COVID-19 was 28% higher in adults with HIV.
So far this year African nations have reported 1,400 monkeypox cases, including 66 deaths.
Moderna says its new 2-strain vaccine boosts Omicron antibody response eightfold.
A single-center study suggests gender bias may play a role in whether antibiotic stewardship recommendations by pharmacists are accepted by hospitalists, researchers reported yesterday in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
COVID-19 infection and pregnancy independently raised the risk of intensive care unit (ICU) admission, the need for supplemental oxygen, and death among hospitalized women in sub-Saharan Africa, finds a study published today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
COVID caused 62% of deaths, but it ranged from 77% to 82% among minority officers.
Novavax would give the US a fourth vaccine against COVID.
Also, HHS has asked Bavarian Nordic to deliver 36,000 more vaccine doses this week to the national stockpile.
People who believe in conspiracies about the COVID-19 pandemic are at an increased risk of experiencing anxiety and depression, according to new research presented at the European Congress of Psychiatry and published in Frontiers in Psychiatry.
Electronic algorithms developed by an antibiotic stewardship team at the University of Pennsylvania were highly accurate in detecting inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for bronchitis and pharyngitis, scientists reported yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
Meanwhile, FDA advisers will meet tomorrow to discuss emergency use of the Novavax COVID vaccine.
Cases in nonendemic countries continue to climb, with more than 780 reported in the past 3 weeks.
Voting behavior seemed to be a proxy for compliance with and support for public health measures.
Nearly all long-COVID patients at an Ohio health system reported moderate to severe fatigue, and about half said they had serious sleep disruptions, which were up to three times more common in Black participants, according to findings presented this week at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies' annual meeting.
The research abstract was published May 25 in an online supplement of Sleep.
A study of samples from two Brazilian rivers found a high incidence of colistin-resistant bacteria and MCR-1 producers, Brazilian and Portuguese researchers reported today in the Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance.
Experts say the vaccine will likely provide meaningful protection against Omicron.
Screenings for breast cancer and cervical cancer fell 6% and 11%, respectively.
Also, an expert weighs in on crafting clear public health messaging that doesn't stigmatize yet doesn't miss key groups.
Over the study period, the proportion who were boosted rose from 49% to 85%.
