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Researchers continue to say the vaccines' health benefits outweigh any risks.
Some Florida and Texas districts are defying state orders against mask mandates, as more groups mandate vaccination, including the military.
Stubbornly high levels persist in nations including Thailand and Vietnam as Delta variant activity keeps countries on edge, from Australia to China.
Today Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published a summary of the findings of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on adverse events related to the three COVID-19 vaccines approved for emergency use in the United States, two-dose mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, and a single shot adenovirus vaccine from Johnson & Johnson.
Indonesia's activity picked up on other islands, as more Australian cities in New South Wales state went into lockdown.
Doctors are pushing for authorized vaccinations for children and adolescents ahead of the school year.
Data suggest that, during the pandemic, at least 20% have had depression or anxiety.
Guinea's ministry of health (MOH) has confirmed the country's first Marburg virus case, also marking the first in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said today in a statement.
A survey of US caregivers found that more than 1 in 10 either planned or had already administered a nonprescription antibiotic (NPA) to their child, researchers reported last week in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.
Secondary attack rates dropped from 31% to 11% if the index patient was vaccinated.
Also, Asian countries continue to grapple with new cases, with Japan reporting another record daily high.
Reducing resistance may require more than cutting antibiotic use alone.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Chinese officials reported two more H5N6 avian influenza infections in patients from two different provinces, raising the country's total this year to 13, the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said today in a statement.
COVID-19 antibodies remained 7 months' post-infection, with some even increasing in levels, according to a follow-up study of 578 healthcare workers at the Hospital Clínic at Barcelona. The results, which were published today in Nature Communications, also include evidence that exposure to common cold coronaviruses may contribute to some cross protection.
About 500,000 cases are being added to the global total each day, and the Delta variant is now in 135 countries.
As the US COVID surge continues, Anthony Fauci, MD, says, "The end game is vaccination."
The antibody cocktail reduced the risk of COVID-19 by 66% to 81%.
A study involving simulated patients found that dispensing antibiotics without a prescription is common in Indonesian drug stores and pharmacies, despite regulations against it, researchers reported this week in BMJ Global Health.
Myocarditis and pericarditis both saw increased prevalence in COVID-19 vaccine recipients compared with a pre-vaccine period of January 2019 to January 2021, with the incidence still rare but higher than in previous studies, according to a JAMA research letter yesterday.
