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Even with mild cases, a highly transmissible variant could still overwhelm hospitals, the CDC says.
The latest UK data show Omicron is outpacing the Delta variant on many fronts.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced yesterday that it has received more than $21 million from Saudi Arabia to support implementation of national antimicrobial resistance (AMR) action plans in several low- and middle-income countries.
Programs that reward the newly vaccinated with an entry in a lottery were associated with an increase in COVID-19 vaccinations in most—but not all—US states offering the incentive and may have spurred almost 2 million people to get immunized, according to research published yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
One study shows much lower rates of severe illness, and the other a 90% lower death rate.
Africa's COVID-19 cases rose 93% in the past week, and Omicron cases are rising in the UK.
Common missteps include failure to proclaim uncertainty, fake consensus, prioritizing health over truth, failure to own mistakes, not addressing misinformation credibly and empathetically, and politicization.
The FDA head says the move comes in time to protect families during the holidays.
In US counties with high COVID-19 case rates, nursing homes with low staff vaccine uptake saw more infections and deaths among residents than those with high staff vaccination rates, according to a research letter yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
A new report shows that global funding for tuberculosis (TB) research is at less than half the goal set by United Nations (UN) member states, with countries falling far short of funding commitments.
The networks represent the next steps in tackling superbugs nationwide.
The companies say they believe 2 doses will still protect against severe disease.
Less intubation and mechanical ventilation was tied to the procedure, as were fewer deaths.
Also, the WHO says global COVID cases have plateaued for 2 straight weeks.
A study of 1,883 Canadian children and teens with newly diagnosed or atypical anorexia nervosa shows that rates of the disease rose 66%, and hospitalizations climbed 267%, per month during the first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new study presented at an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) meeting finds that influenza vaccination rates are low for people without a regular healthcare provider, at just 20.5%, as well as among minority groups.
Vaccine coverage among American adults with a regular provider was 44.5%, according to the research, which was presented yesterday at the society's midyear conference.
Though the survey findings might not be surprising, the margin may be.
In addition to identifying an Omicron patient, health officials in Houston have confirmed the variant in wastewater.
As much as 2% of COVID-19 cases in Denmark might be caused by Omicron.
