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Also, officials detail outbreaks in poultry globally, and 3 more grizzlies are infected in Montana.
There are currently 16 vaccine candidates in clinical development, but progress has been constrained by lack of funding and attention.
The number of affected COVID-19 survivors is based on the estimated global rate of 10% of infected people and more than 651 million documented cases and is likely an undercount.
A randomized clinical trial shows that 2 days of postoperative IV antibiotics for complex appendicitis is non-inferior to 5 days.
Analysis of wastewater isolates revealed phylogenetic relatedness to isolates from three acute-care hospitals in the same watershed.
The EU looks to amend laws to require increasing stocks of essential medicines and offering more timely notifications of shortages.
The WHO welcomed the new details, but asked for a breakdown by province and more SARS-CoV-2 sequences.
Compared with uninfected pregnant women, the risk of death was more than 7 times higher, and the risk of ICU care was almost quadruple.
Follow-up investigations in the US and other nations and by the company have not found the same increase.
ICU care for COVID-19 patients averaged $24,200, compared with $4,700 for general-admission patients.
Researchers describe a CWD strain from a moose in Finland that's distinct not only from CWD prions in North America but also from those in neighboring Norway.
Results show substantial variability in the strategic responses to antimicrobial resistance of 114 countries.
Infections of MDR Salmonella enterica I serotype 4, [5], 12:i:- linked to pigs are increasing.
US COVID trends show mixed patterns, with cases and hospitalizations down a bit, but deaths up sharply.
The median time to sustained recovery (at least 3 consecutive symptom-free days) was 12 days in the fluvoxamine group and 13 days in placebo recipients.
The percentage of outpatient visits for flulike illness dropped from 5.4% to 4%, and 23 jurisdictions reported high or very high flu activity, down from 39.
New data suggest that transfusion of COVID-19 convalescent plasma improves survival in hospitalized, infected patients who have impaired immune systems.
Of 556 passengers originating from China, 23% tested positive for COVID-19, including 42% on one flight.
The Sabin Vaccine Institute has been awarded a multiyear contract to advance the development and production of vaccine candidates.
The findings indicate that 7 days of antibiotics appears effective when antibiotics with comparable IV and oral bioavailability are administered.
