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COVID-19 infection rates in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers are higher than those in the general population and eclipse those of surrounding communities, according to a research letter published today in JAMA Network Open.
The University of Oxford announced today that it has received £100 million ($136 million USD) from the chemical manufacturing company Ineos to launch a new institute to study antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Rapid exponential rises in cases are occurring in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chile.
The CDC warns the new B117 variant could well be the dominant strain within 2 months.
"We're sparing no effort in getting Americans vaccinated," Biden says.
Black Americans may expect to die 2.10 years sooner, and Latinos 3.05 years earlier.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 23 studies has found that dispensing of non-prescribed antibiotics outside of hospital settings is common in Sub-Saharan African countries, researchers reported yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.
Pregnant women with COVID-19 are more likely to experience complications such as heart attacks or blood clots, though the absolute increased risk is small, according to a JAMA Internal Medicine research letter today.
These findings highlight the need for risk mitigations, the authors write, adding that pregnant women should also be included in COVID-19 vaccine and treatment trials.
One key proposal: a "100 million vaccines in 100 days" mass vaccination campaign.
In the UK, the rate for hospital admissions reaches new heights.
Nearsightedness was 3 times more common in 6-year-old children during the lockdown.
Screenings dropped 63% to 82% during the first pandemic wave but had a higher rate of cancer detection.
A point-prevalence study conducted in five hospitals in India shows high use of antibiotics in admitted patients, with a considerable proportion coming from a category of broad-spectrum drugs with a higher potential for promoting antibiotic resistance, Indian researchers reported in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Interim phase 1-2a results from Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine trials show that its vaccine, Ad26.COV2.S, produces a good immune response and safety profile, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study yesterday.
And in a new study, CDC data show more cases in kids as schools reopened, but only limited school outbreaks.
Patients not needing ventilators who were given high-titer plasma had a 34% lower risk of death within 30 days.
Also, the WHO says its COVID-19 emergency committee will meet tomorrow for the sixth time.
Almost half (45.4%) of intensive care unit (ICU) physicians, nurses, and other healthcare workers in England reported a mental disorder during the pandemic, including suicidal thoughts, according to survey results published in Occupational Medicine yesterday.
The cumulative pediatric hospitalization rate jumped from 2.0 per 100,000 children in May to 7.2 in November.
