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A survey of 164 New York physicians found that one in five were severely distressed during their first COVID-19 triage decisions and last-minute training did not appear to alleviate stress, according to a study yesterday in Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness.
CARB-X announced today that is awarding Tucson, Arizona–based Accelerate Diagnostics $578,000 to develop a diagnostic test for sepsis based on new fiber optic technology.
The slowdown is nationwide, but states in the South and Midwest report plummeting numbers.
Two studies look at pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States and Brazil.
Dutch travelers to Asia, Africa acquired 56 unique antimicrobial-resistance genes.
Some Asian countries, like Taiwan, continue to battle stubborn COVID spikes.
The use of rapid respiratory pathogen (RRP) testing among children with influenza-like illness (ILI) did not reduce antibiotic prescribing, according to a randomized clinical trial published late last week in JAMA Network Open.
In a population study of 13- to 18-year-old Icelandic teens, mental health worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study late last week in The Lancet Psychiatry.
One study suggests that symptoms like fatigue and depression are common, even with mild illness.
Most states will not have 70% of adults vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jul 4, an analysis finds.
Pressure grows on wealthy countries that have excess doses to start donating them.
Preventive use of bamlanivimab lowered the risk of symptomatic COVID-19 in staff and residents of skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in the United States, according to a study yesterday in JAMA.
Nearly 80% of US patients hospitalized for COVID-19 received antibiotics from March through October 2020, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Also, the White House says it will share 25 million vaccine doses with countries in need of supply.
Only 13% had bacterial infections, but 85% received one or more antibiotics.
Tests showed COVID-19 antibodies persisted for 6 months in most dental workers.
Plus, in the United Kingdom, the Delta variant (B1617.2) is surpassing the proportion of Alpha cases (B117).
Guidelines for antibiotic initiation and discontinuation for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) in COVID-19 patients at a Chicago hospital were associated with reduced antibiotic prescribing and days of therapy (DOT), researchers reported yesterday in BMC Infectious Diseases.
US intensive care unit (ICU) beds increased a net 10% amid the COVID-19 pandemic, from April to July 2020, over 2019 baselines, according to a study today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
