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An automated text messaging system for adult COVID-19 outpatients developed at Penn Medicine saved two lives a week during the first US pandemic surge, and users were 68% less likely than controls to die, finds a study today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
A report today from Scotland highlights reduced antibiotic use in the country since it adopted a One Health approach to combatting antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Women need resources to navigate this uncertain time, the authors say.
Most Americans will take precautions for Thanksgiving, a new poll shows, as a hold on a federal vaccine mandate is upheld.
About 65% of Austrians are vaccinated, a low level for Western Europe.
COVID-19, however, has slowed progress and much work remains, a global survey reveals.
Most respiratory protective equipment (RPE) used in healthcare is not designed for women or racial minorities amid a dearth of research into how facial dimensions across sex and race affect respirator performance, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published late last week in BMJ Global Health.
Antibiotic prescribing in general practice in England fell significantly during the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the previous year, according to data released last week by Antibiotic Research UK (ANTRUK).
In US developments, Colorado—in the grips of a COVID-19 surge—opened up vaccine boosters to all adults.
Black, Hispanic, and Asian people are at higher risk for infection and an ICU stay, a large study finds.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Nov 11
A UK study yesterday in The Lancet finds that flu and COVID-19 vaccines can be safely co-administered.
Though the nation's flu activity is still at low levels, the number of detections has increased in recent weeks, mostly due to the H3N2 strain and with 90% of cases in people ages 5 to 24, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in an update that covers last week.
Dutch advisers have suggested a 2-week lockdown that would cancel events and close theaters but allow schools to stay open.
Several industry groups have sued the Biden administration over COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Two doses offer 77.8% efficacy against symptomatic COVID-19 but about 65% against the Delta variant.
Positive COVID-19 test results were more than 10 times more common among unvaccinated, asymptomatic healthcare professionals (HCP) in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) long-term care facilities than among their fully vaccinated counterparts, according to a research letter yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
Non-prescription and irresponsible antibiotic use are prevalent across the world and are largely influenced by non-biomedical factors, an international team of researchers reported this week in Clinical Microbiology and Infection.
Missed measles vaccinations and eroded surveillance during COVID-19 are setting up a perfect storm.
Sleep-related hypoxia was tied to a 31% higher risk of hospitalization and death.
