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A 17-study literature review looking at vaccine effectiveness (VE) during the Delta (B1617.2) variant shows a pooled VE of 90.9% versus hospitalization with a 75.7% and 63.1% VE against symptomatic and asymptomatic infection, respectively.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Implementing institution-specific guidelines (ISGs) for antimicrobial prescribing and use of diagnostics at a tertiary care hospital was associated with significant declines in antibiotic resistance rates and Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs), German researchers reported yesterday in PLOS One.
The number of unvaccinated Americans has dropped from 100 million in July to 66 million.
Part 1 of a 2-part commentary explains the differences in cloth face coverings and surgical masks, the science of respiratory protection, and the hierarchy of disease controls.
About 1.5 million people died from tuberculosis in 2020, up from 1.4 million in 2019, and reporting of cases has dropped substantially.
The experts voted unanimously to approve the booster in the same risk groups as for the Pfizer vaccine booster.
During a 14-day follow-up, only 8 of 144 infused patients (5.6%) were hospitalized, despite all being at high risk.
Using COVID-19 viral load and viral cultures from 110 children, researchers suggest that children may serve as reservoirs for COVID-19, furthering transmission and viral evolution.
A second Ebola case has been confirmed in the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a city health official from the city of Beni told Reuters.
Data on more than 250,000 survivors reveal 54% had at least 1 symptom 6 months or more after diagnosis.
More than 3,500 organizations have mandated COVID-19 vaccines for employees.
Deaths also fall in most parts of the world, though fatalities increased 11% in Europe.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released a new tool to help countries calculate the costs of implementing multisectoral national action plans (NAPs) for antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
While the absolute risk of acquiring COVID-19 in the hospital was low—up to 0.75% risk per day of exposure pre-Delta (B1617.2) variant—patients or healthcare workers (HCWs) with COVID-19 nonetheless can be factors in the spread of COVID-19, a study published yesterday in PLOS One says.
WHO leaders have previously urged countries to postpone broader use of booster doses.
Children may play a larger role in COVID-19 spread than previously thought.
This week Moderna plans to request a half-dose COVID-19 booster.
An estimated 53.2 million additional cases of major depressive disorder and 76.2 million additional cases of anxiety disorders occurred during the pandemic, with women and young people most affected, according to a study published late last week in The Lancet.
While COVID rates were comparable, 52% of kids under 4 were asymptomatic, compared with 12% of adults.
