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One study finds county-level disparity; the other highlights ethnicity and community exposure in health workers.
Unemployment insurance was tied to a food insecurity reduction of 4.3 percentage points and a reduction in the need to eat less because of financial constraints of 5.7 percentage points during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a JAMA Network Open study published late last week.
CARB-X announced today that it is awarding up to $2.5 million to Avails Medical of Menlo Park, California, to develop an electronic antibiotic susceptibility test (eAST).
The report looks at medical supply chains, manufacturer transparency, financial aid, and more.
Antibodies crossed the placenta in 87% of pregnant women who had COVID-19.
Some nations, like Germany, have raised concerns about efficacy in seniors.
The vaccine is 66% effective in preventing moderate to severe symptoms.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Jan 28
More than half of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions at Chinese hospitals over a 3.5-year period were inappropriate, Chinese researchers reported yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
A modeling study published yesterday in The Lancet estimates that vaccination against 10 diseases from 2000 to 2030 will prevent 69 million vaccine-preventable deaths (VPDs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
An international survey of 183 pediatric patients with the rare but serious COVID-19–related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) shows broad clinical presentations, from mild illness featuring fever and inflammation to life-threatening shock similar to that of Kawasaki disease (KD).
Patients are arriving at hospitals sicker, leading some to suspect a deadlier variant.
The findings suggest many patients recover very slowly after hospital release.
Also, an expert warns about hospital oxygen shortages and Novavax reports good phase 3 vaccine data.
Despite more supply chain initiatives, they are heavily focused in certain markets.
Pregnant women with COVID-19 had a case-fatality rate 13.6 times higher than similarly aged people with COVID, according to a study published this week in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
The potential impact of antibiotics on child growth may be age-dependent.
In other developments, 70 countries have now detected the B117 variant, and more nations have also reported the 501Y.V2 and P.1 variants.
"In-person schooling for children has numerous health and societal benefits," the authors of a new study say.
The new plans come as more Americans are open to being immunized and amid signs of stabilizing cases.
