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HHS and the Defense Department release 2 documents that outline steps to deliver vaccine.
Live SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was isolated from air samples collected 2 to 4.8 meters (6.6 to 15.7 feet) away from two coronavirus patients—one recently released and one newly admitted—in a single hospital room, according to a study published yesterday in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
A phase 3 trial for a bivalent Clostridioides difficile toxoid vaccine was terminated because of futility, an international team of investigators led by scientists from Sanofi Pasteur reported yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
A review highlights multisystem inflammatory syndrome, and another report details no infection in kids who were highly exposed.
A new survey of 158 countries reveals that 1 in 4 haven't set a date for school reopening.
Also, the US has seen a 15% increase in pediatric cases in the past 2 weeks.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new recommendations for the prevention and control of Staphylococcus aureus in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients.
Preliminary data from a small study published today in Nature Medicine suggests convalescent plasma may have some efficacy in patients with severe COVID-19.
Inadequate monitoring and tracking allowed the virus to spread unchecked, two studies suggest.
Experts call the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic a "collective failure."
"A shutdown would destroy the lives and dreams of millions Americans," Trump says.
A group of experts from Stanford and Harvard universities, as well as the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, propose a new model for measuring direct, indirect, and excess deaths from COVID-19 in the United States, and they say relying solely on death certificates likely undercounts the true death toll COVID-19 has taken in the United States. Their proposal is published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
The introduction of a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) in conjunction with antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) activities and infectious disease (ID) consultation at an academic tertiary medical center was associated with shortened time to optimal antibiotic therapy in patients with bloodstream infections, University of Maryland researchers reported in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
India again reports a record 1-day total for anywhere in the world, with 96,551 new cases.
New report finds a range of vaccine confidence and skepticism worldwide.
Adults with COVID-19 were almost twice as likely to report dining at a restaurant.
A report this week from the British Poultry Council (BPC) shows steep reductions in antibiotic use in recent years.
Four of 26 competitive athletes (15%) who had recovered from mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 had evidence suggestive of myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging, according to a research letter published today in JAMA Cardiology.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
About 62% of Americans worry that political pressure will rush vaccine approval.
