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The WHO calls on nations to counter misinformation about COVID-19.
The Florida Department of Health (Florida Health) this week announced that a second local dengue case has been reported from Miami-Dade County, and last week it confirmed another local dengue case in Monroe County, raising the total in the county, which includes the Florida Keys, to 56.
A study released this week shows a 40% asymptomatic rate among healthcare workers (HCW) testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 at the time of screening—meaning they had no symptoms compatible with a COVID-19 diagnosis—raising concerns about silent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare settings.
Blacks and Hispanics were 1.9 and 1.8 times, respectively, more likely than whites to test positive.
Facilities with higher rates of minorities had almost 4 times the COVID-19 cases.
Deaths outpace an earlier projection, more upheaval keeps the US response unsteady, and new developments add clarity to vaccine expectations.
Health officials in Massachusetts recently reported the state's fifth eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) case of the year, involving a woman in her 60s who was exposed in Plymouth County, where a similar was detected earlier this month in an area known to be at higher risk.
CARB-X announced today that it will award drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) up to $7.51 million to develop a drug to treat and prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by Escherichia coli.
India, with 5.5 million cases, is closing in on the US, which has 6.8 million.
One involves a symptomatic passenger who likely infected at least 12 others.
The CDC again waffles on guidance, this time regarding the mode of virus spread.
Acute stress and depression rates rose in US adults as COVID-19 cases and deaths accumulated from mid-March to mid-April, largely related to preexisting mental and physical conditions and stressors such as job and wage loss, according to a study of 6,514 people from three large, nationally representative cohorts.
Those receiving the antibiotic as well as drugs that prolong the QT interval had more cardiac events.
The global total tops 30 million cases only 4 days after surpassing 29 million.
The authors of one study say those with COVID should isolate from people and animals.
Also, the CDC reverses itself on controversial testing guidance.
To better track the neurologic chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking hunters for deer heads from harvested deer and will have a digital option for entering CWD testing information, according to a DNR news release yesterday.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A report today from a British think tank says critical gaps remain in the United Kingdom's efforts to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and it calls for more focus on vaccines, diagnostic, and public awareness.
Increased age, male sex, non-Hispanic black ethnicity, and certain underlying health conditions are associated with a greater risk of hospitalization from COVID-19, according to an analysis of data from more than 5,000 hospitalized adults. A group based at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported its findings today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
About 14% of cases worldwide involve healthcare worker, and the rate is as high in 35% in some countries.
