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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.
Screenings dropped 63% to 82% during the first pandemic wave but had a higher rate of cancer detection.
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.
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.
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.
And in a new study, CDC data show more cases in kids as schools reopened, but only limited school outbreaks.
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.
Merck's Ervebo vaccine is currently the sole stockpile product, with a planned-for 500,000 doses.
"We're telling states now to vaccinate their most vulnerable people."
The cumulative pediatric hospitalization rate jumped from 2.0 per 100,000 children in May to 7.2 in November.
UK hospitals in the hardest-hit areas are struggling, and deaths are up 46% in the past week.
Shawano County, Wisconsin, had its first confirmed case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in wild deer, according to a WBAY news story yesterday. CWD is a fatal, prion-caused neurologic disease affecting the deer family.
Nonwhite Americans, those with low incomes or less than a high school education, and veterans were much more likely to die of COVID-19 than others in a simulation study published yesterday in PLOS Medicine, backing the findings of previous research.
Symptoms like fatigue, breathing problems persisted in 76% of patients.
California, Arizona, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Rhode Island have the highest case rates.
In New York City, deaths caused by ischemic heart disease increased 139% during the pandemic.
