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Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic have observed that telemedicine encounters in which antibiotics were prescribed for a respiratory tract infection (RTI) were shorter than encounters where a non-antibiotic or nothing were prescribed.
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) noted two more MERS-CoV cases in epidemiologic week 39 (last week) and one in epidemiologic week 38, and two of the cases proved fatal.
There are now 155 cases (124 confirmed, 31 probable), including 102 deaths, in the outbreak.
Research on the device indicates it has the potential to provide quick, low-cost diagnostics.
The experts also called for 3 new pandemic candidate vaccine viruses.
A new study examining racial and ethnic disparities in antimicrobial drug use in the United States shows that white people filled twice as many antibiotic drug prescriptions per capita compared with people of other races and ethnicities. The study was published yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) yesterday announced that it has awarded a contract worth as much as $19 million to Oxford University and Janssen Vaccines to advance the development and manufacture of a vaccine against MERS-CoV and do preclinical studies of new vaccines against Lassa and Nipah viruses.
Coverage in kids 4 and younger was 67.8% last season, down 2.2 percentage points.
The data suggest that, for the vast majority of men, Zika RNA is cleared from semen within 4 months.
Whole-genome sequencing could lead to faster, more accurate resistance testing.
Flu vaccine uptake in UK seniors has been high in recent flu seasons, but vaccine effectiveness (VE) has been modest in this age-group and the vaccine has been ineffective against the most severe strain, according to a study today in Eurosurveillance.
A case report today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) details the detection of a multidrug-resistant fungus in patients from three states.
More than 100 governments, drug firms, and others have already made commitments.
Also, officials report a new case in Beni.
Two other health workers may have had similar exposure after treating the UK's second monkeypox patient.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released new draft guidance that spells out when it's appropriate to disclose retail information for recalled products.
Twelve European third-party stakeholders made recommendations for ensuring antibiotic development and the equitable availability and responsible use of effective antibiotics, focusing on new incentives, according to a commentary yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Duration of antibiotics was cut by 2 days in some cases.
The DRC reports 150 confirmed and suspected cases, with 9 cases under investigation.
