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"How the country will respond in the next 7 to 10 days will have an impact," says CIDRAP Director Michael Osterholm. "But there are going to be lots and lots of cases."
Also, the Recovery trial announces that a review showed no COVID benefit for a well-known HIV treatment.
More than 10% of swine workers tested had antibodies to the novel influenza strain.
A study of 770 teens' attitudes conducted in the 7 days after the United States declared a national emergency amid the COVID-19 pandemic found that 69% weren't practicing physical distancing but 89% were following the news, and 88% were disinfecting daily.
CARB-X announced an award today of up to $1.82 million to French biotechnology company Eligo Bioscience to develop CRISPR- and bacteriophage-based therapeutics to prevent multidrug-resistant infections in transplant patients.
Both studies revealed the same high level of intensive care: 80%.
Nations in the Americas account for about half of global cases and deaths.
Living with a family member with C difficile increased the risk of contracting the disease 12-fold.
The US now has 2,564,163 COVID-19 cases and 125,928 deaths.
A meta-analysis of 7,780 children in 26 countries published late last week in EClinicalMedicine has found that 19% had no symptoms, 3% required intensive care, and only 0.1% died in the first 4 months of the pandemic.
Officials have reported 4 more confirmed cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Equateur province Ebola outbreak, raising the total to 28, the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said today on Twitter.
Conditions include stroke, brain inflammation, psychosis, and dementia-like symptoms.
At a cost of an estimated $31 billion, new vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics are urgently needed.
The NRDC takes the US beef industry to task for overuse of medically important antibiotics.
Florida and Texas are both targeting drinking establishments to help curb dramatic surges in cases.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) 10th Ebola outbreak—declared over by national health officials yesterday—no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations, a World Health Organization (WHO) emergency committee announced today.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Jun 25
Pfizer and Wellcome Trust yesterday announced a new partnership with the governments of Kenya, Malawi, Ghana, and Uganda to track antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in those countries.
Data suggest antibiotics may be used more frequently on crops, and on a wider variety, than previously thought.
Though age is still important, younger adults with underlying conditions can get very sick, too, the CDC warns.
Nearly 2 years after it started and after 2,470 cases and 2,287 deaths, the outbreak is considered over.
