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A paper today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR) describes the first US case of Neisseria gonorrhoeae harboring a genetic element that confers resistance to a first-line antibiotic.
Data published today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) show nearly double the COVID-19 mortality rate among people of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) ethnicity compared with whites.
Staff infection rates were higher than for students, and nearly half of the outbreaks involved staff-to-staff transmission.
In vaccine developments, as advisors prepare to consider the first vaccine EUA tomorrow, questions are already swirling about which workers should be prioritized as part of essential groups.
The UK warns that those with a severe allergy history should avoid getting the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
A 4-year-old boy living outside of Milan with no travel history is now the earliest confirmed SARS-CoV-2 case in Italy, a team based in Italy reported in a research letter to Emerging Infectious Diseases yesterday.
The peer-reviewed data mirror unpublished results noted last month by the researchers, with up to 90% protection.
Also, 63% of Americans are now willing to be immunized, up from 50% in September.
As the US COVID-19 markers head further into red zone territory, the feds press states and cities to do more to curb transmission.
Two large studies find no increase in pandemic-related stillbirths or preterm births or among UK and US women.
A cluster-randomized controlled trial conducted in Spanish primary care settings suggests a multifaceted stewardship intervention helped reduce antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections (ARIs) and was cost-effective, Spanish researchers reported yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.
A large study of childcare providers in Pediatrics today found that childcare staff were not at higher risk for COVID-19 during the early months of the US pandemic.
Only 1 of 62 newborns who nursed and roomed with an infected mom tested positive.
The world added about 1.5 million more cases over the weekend, putting the pandemic total past 67 million.
Review of 57 studies finds that only 8 of 213 household COVID-19 clusters (3.8%) had a pediatric index case.
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows some encouraging declines in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) across four US healthcare settings, including one linked to antibiotic use.
A JAMA Network Open study late last week suggests that a pattern of delayed medical care during the pandemic may be responsible for a greater incidence of a ruptured appendix related to appendicitis in children.
Though it's an observational study and can't prove cause and effect, it holds promise.
"You've got to stick with this or your health system won't be able to cope."
Strategies for a secure drug supply chain discussed at National Academies public workshop.
