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Spanish, Italian, and UK physicians reported high levels of depression and anxiety during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, finds a study yesterday in PLOS One.
A hybrid of natural and vaccine immunity may protect better against breakthrough infections.
The ACIP recommendation now goes to CDC head Walensky for final approval.
Also, new CDC data show why immune-compromised people need an added COVID vaccine dose.
Two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccines were 93% and 96% effective, respectively, in preventing severe, critical, or fatal disease caused by the highly transmissible Delta (B1617.2) variant, a study today in Nature Medicine finds.
Among children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who were discharged from the hospital within 48 hours but required further outpatient treatment, a lower dose of oral amoxicillin was non-inferior to a higher dose, and a 3-day duration was non-inferior to 7 days, according to the results of a randomized clinical trial published today in JAMA.
A pair of values-based incentive programs at US hospitals were linked to a decline in C difficile.
"As we await CDC's decision, we are not waiting on operations or logistics."
The group agreed on a goal of vaccinating at least 70% of the world's population by the middle of next year.
A third Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine dose is 92% more effective in reducing severe COVID-related outcomes than two doses of the same vaccine received at least 5 months previously, according to a large real-world study late last week in The Lancet.
Antibiotic prescribing during the early COVID-19 months in Canada dropped sharply, according to two new studies, one that looked at retail pharmacy trends across the country and one that focused on outpatient prescribing patterns in Ontario.
The secondary attack rate was 25% in fully vaccinated people and 38% in the unvaccinated.
The authors say all eligible people should get the vaccine ASAP, including those previously infected.
The acting FDA chief says the move will bring us closer to a sense of normalcy.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Oct 28
Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added 1 case and 3 hospitalizations to a multistate Salmonella outbreak—now at 21 cases—tied to salami sticks sold at Trader Joe's and Wegmans, and earlier this week the agency declared its investigation into a Salmonella outbreak tied to Italian-style meats over after 40 cases in 17 states.
Cancer patients who received systemic treatment like chemotherapy or radiation in the 3 months before testing positive for COVID-19 were at increased risk of death, admission to an intensive care unit (ICU), and hospitalization, according to a study yesterday in JAMA Oncology.
Of parents polled, 30% will definitely not get their child vaccinated, and 33% will wait and see.
The cheap drug fluvoxamine reduced the need for a long emergency department visit or a hospital stay.
Also, a syringe shortage looms, and African nations lag woefully in COVID-19 vaccine uptake.
