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Nearly 45% of antibiotics prescribed were given out for no clear reason.
In its latest global flu update yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said flu levels are still elevated across much of the globe, with 79.2% of recent lab specimens testing positive for influenza A.
CARB-X today announced an award of up to $6.8 million to Pattern Bioscience of Austin, Texas, to develop a rapid identification and antimicrobial susceptibility test (ID/AST) for drug-resistant pathogens.
"The virus will continue to expand, given the explosive nature we've seen in China."
In a new Q&A, the WHO answers common questions and dispels myths.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported one new confirmed Ebola case over the last 3 days, edging the overall outbreak total to 3,427, according to numbers reflected on the World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard. The WHO in a recent report said recent trends have been encouraging, with the number of cases in the most recent epidemiologic week the fewest since the outbreak response began.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested that manufacturers of bacitracin for injection voluntarily withdraw their products from the market.
A man, 44, in the Philippines who was coinfected with 2019-nCoV, Strep pneumoniae, and flu B has died.
Australia has barred travelers from China, a move the US took yesterday.
The 2019-nCoV-related move is the first federal quarantine in more than 50 years.
"We are learning more about the biology of this virus, its transmission dynamics, and clinical spectrum every day."
Group A Streptococcus has been deemed universally susceptible to beta-lactams, but the armor might be cracking.
The outbreak is now approaching 10,000 cases, including 213 deaths.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
After US flu activity peaked at the end of 2019 and fell for 2 straight weeks, it has now increased measurably for the second straight week, while the number of flu-related deaths in children rose by 14, to 68, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its weekly FluView report today.
The R0 was found to be 2.2, the number of people each patient might infect.
The husband of Chicago's first case-patient has contracted the novel coronavirus, marking the 6th US case.
The main worry is the possible effect on weaker nations.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) tracked two more cases in an ongoing Ebola outbreak, raising the total to 3,424, of which 2,242 were fatal, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) online Ebola dashboard.
The latest daily update from the DRC's Ebola technical committee (CMRE) said one recent case noted on the WHO's dashboard yesterday was in Beni.
Outbreak cases top 6,000 in China, with 133 deaths now confirmed, while Finland and the United Arab Emirates record their first cases and other countries report disease spread.
