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Two more people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have tested positive for Ebola, raising the number of cases in the Equateur province outbreak to 104, the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said on Twitter today.
No new deaths were reported, keeping the fatality county at 44.
A new study by scientists in Massachusetts is highlighting the role that super-spreading events played in the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
Patients had symptoms—notably fatigue and shortness of breath—for a mean of 111 days after returning home.
Belgian and Dutch scientists confirm reinfections after recovery.
About 442,000 US children have been infected so far, the AAP says.
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) yesterday released a new report on the antibiotic-resistant pathogens affecting animal health in the United States.
Seemingly healthy people with COVID-19 can spread the disease to others as soon as 2 days after infection, an analysis of a coronavirus cluster traced to four live music clubs in Osaka, Japan, shows.
The data add to a mixed picture of the drug in randomized clinical trials.
Feds tout a 35% increase in survival, but the absolute improvement is closer to 3%, according to Mayo data.
A 5-pronged critique of messaging since the beginning of the pandemic and what we can learn to improve going forward.
Hong Kong researchers describe evidence of reinfection based on genetic sequencing of the virus.
A research letter published late last week in the Annals of Internal Medicine has found that about 40 million US adults who work or live with school-aged children have definite or possible risk factors for severe COVID-19, carrying implications for fall school reopenings.
Implementation of a core measure sepsis bundle by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was associated with an immediate and long-term increase in the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics for hospital-onset multidrug-resistant (MDR) organisms, researchers reported late last week in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Studies highlight high COVID rates, the role of mass testing, and intake screening.
Germany, France, Italy, and Poland are all reporting a surge in cases.
A new MMWR report details limited COVID spread in childcare centers.
A comprehensive review of data submitted by more than 15,000 US nursing homes revealed that about 20% faced a staff shortage or severe shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) in early July, months into the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study in Health Affairs yesterday.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Aug 20
Cases in the Ebola outbreak in western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reached 100, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today, with cases nearly doubling in the past 5 weeks.
HHS rescinds FDA approval for COVID tests under an executive order from President Trump.
