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A new study in The Lancet shows that the population prevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV2, the virus that causes COVID-19, grew in Geneva, Switzerland, in April from 5% to 11%.
A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and observational studies found that extended infusion of antipseudomonal beta-lactam antibiotics in critically ill patients who had respiratory infections was associated with reduced mortality but not with clinical success, Japanese and Egyptian researchers reported yesterday in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Also, the NIH said researchers will begin assessing antiviral and anti-inflammatory drugs in children.
Though Latin America remains the world's main hot spot, cases are also rising in Africa and the Mideast.
Experts say states need to re-emphasize safety measures that can slow the spread of the virus.
A study of children hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) found that a shorter course of antibiotics did not increase the odds of treatment failure compared with a longer course, US researchers reported today in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.
For maximum benefit relative to risk amid the COVID-19 pandemic, banks, dentists, colleges, places of worship, auto dealers, and repair shops should be reopened first, followed by gyms, cafes, juice bars, and dessert parlors, according to a study published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
About 18 million Americans with chronic conditions or older age are uninsured or underinsured.
"It's fair to say that this microscopic virus has humbled all of us": WHO director-general.
Some National Guard soldiers have tested positive after protests in Washington, DC.
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirmed that two deer at Brush Ranch Outfitters, a Wisconsin game ranch that was previously charged with the unauthorized taking of live wild animals and failure to register deer, have chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal prion disease in cervids, which are members of the deer family.
A study of 68 children in China with COVID-19 reveals that 96% were household contacts of infected adults who had developed symptoms earlier, and 51% of those tested for common respiratory pathogens also had another type of infection.
Also, an analysis of a Navy ship outbreak highlights few symptoms in young adults.
The syndrome is different from Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome.
Anywhere from 6% to 40% of the population may be infected but not have symptoms, a WHO officials says.
The newer antiviral was tied to a faster recovery than Tamiflu was.
The addition of the antibiotic azithromycin to seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) was associated with an increase in azithromycin-resistant serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children in Burkina Faso, researchers reported yesterday in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Black or other ethnic minority women in the United Kingdom make up 56% of all documented hospitalized cases of COVID-19 in pregnancy, according to a new study published in The BMJ.
Yesterday, 75% of cases were in 10 nations, mostly in the Americas and South Asia.
