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A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies involving COVID-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine found that the antimalaria drug alone was not associated with reduced mortality in hospitalized patients, but when combined with the antibiotic azithromycin it was linked with significantly increased mortality, European researchers reported yesterday in Clinical Microbiology and Infection.
Patients with metabolic syndrome had triple the risk of dying, one study showed.
"This is atypical of any language I've seen coming from the CDC."
It only took 2 days for the global total to rise from 23 million to 24 million cases, and deaths have now topped 820,000.
Two more people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have tested positive for Ebola, raising the number of cases in the Equateur province outbreak to 104, the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said on Twitter today.
No new deaths were reported, keeping the fatality county at 44.
A new study by scientists in Massachusetts is highlighting the role that super-spreading events played in the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
Patients had symptoms—notably fatigue and shortness of breath—for a mean of 111 days after returning home.
Belgian and Dutch scientists confirm reinfections after recovery.
About 442,000 US children have been infected so far, the AAP says.
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) yesterday released a new report on the antibiotic-resistant pathogens affecting animal health in the United States.
Seemingly healthy people with COVID-19 can spread the disease to others as soon as 2 days after infection, an analysis of a coronavirus cluster traced to four live music clubs in Osaka, Japan, shows.
Hong Kong researchers describe evidence of reinfection based on genetic sequencing of the virus.
The data add to a mixed picture of the drug in randomized clinical trials.
Feds tout a 35% increase in survival, but the absolute improvement is closer to 3%, according to Mayo data.
A 5-pronged critique of messaging since the beginning of the pandemic and what we can learn to improve going forward.
A research letter published late last week in the Annals of Internal Medicine has found that about 40 million US adults who work or live with school-aged children have definite or possible risk factors for severe COVID-19, carrying implications for fall school reopenings.
Implementation of a core measure sepsis bundle by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was associated with an immediate and long-term increase in the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics for hospital-onset multidrug-resistant (MDR) organisms, researchers reported late last week in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
A new MMWR report details limited COVID spread in childcare centers.
Studies highlight high COVID rates, the role of mass testing, and intake screening.
Germany, France, Italy, and Poland are all reporting a surge in cases.
