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Death rates were 13% and 28% in the 2 studies, with 1 study showing cancer treatment not tied to higher risk.
Trump's announcement draws strong condemnation from public health experts.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Data collected from Canadian acute care hospitals show significant increases in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) bloodstream infections (BSIs) in recent years, according to a study in the Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR).
The first major study of diabetics hospitalized with COVID-19 shows more than 1 in 10 die within 7 days of admission, and about 1 in 5 is intubated within 1 week. The study appears today in Diabetologia.
Ventilation, filtration, disinfection, and avoidance of air recirculation are possible steps.
Brazil's surge shows no sign of slowing, with more than 20,000 new cases.
An international study found similar results with either a 5-day or 10-day course of the antiviral drug.
US cases top 1.7 million, and Washington state patients are now trending younger.
CARB-X today announced an award of up to $6.1 million to support the preclinical development of an inhaled antibiotic to treat cystic fibrosis (CF)-related pulmonary infections
Yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine a study of Louisiana COVID-19 patients showed major racial and ethnic differences in both hospitalization rates and in-hospital deaths.
Also, a new poll shows only about half of Americans saying yes to a vaccine once it's available.
In Connecticut, 2.9% of asymptomatic pregnant women tested positive, while in Boston it was 1.5%.
Another study of hydroxychloroquine was paused to look for safety signals, with some nations banning its use.
A study yesterday in the Annals of Internal Medicine of more than 2,000 Europeans diagnosed as having mild to moderate COVID-19 shows that 87% reported loss of smell, and 56% reported taste dysfunction. The study suggests olfactory symptoms and taste disorders may be a common feature of COVID-19 infection.
A review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) has found no conclusive evidence that post-operative antibiotic prophylaxis reduces incidence of surgical-site infections, a finding that supports the World Health Organization's (WHO's) recommendation for discontinuation of the practice, researchers reported yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Worries are also rising about the pandemic's impact on the healthcare of Latin Americans who have noncommunicable diseases, who make up 25% of the population.
The community infection rate dropped 58% after the orders were issued.
Health officials in St. Louis are calling for Lake of the Ozarks partygoers to quarantine for 14 days.
Antibiotic use among sick children under the age of 5 increased 17% from 2005 to 2017.
