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"We're telling states now to vaccinate their most vulnerable people."
The cumulative pediatric hospitalization rate jumped from 2.0 per 100,000 children in May to 7.2 in November.
Nonwhite Americans, those with low incomes or less than a high school education, and veterans were much more likely to die of COVID-19 than others in a simulation study published yesterday in PLOS Medicine, backing the findings of previous research.
Shawano County, Wisconsin, had its first confirmed case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in wild deer, according to a WBAY news story yesterday. CWD is a fatal, prion-caused neurologic disease affecting the deer family.
In New York City, deaths caused by ischemic heart disease increased 139% during the pandemic.
As the world sees its deadliest day of the pandemic so far, China announces dates for a mission to arrive to probe origins of the virus.
Symptoms like fatigue, breathing problems persisted in 76% of patients.
California, Arizona, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Rhode Island have the highest case rates.
In COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) early in the pandemic, 82% were in a comatose state at some point and 55% experienced delirium, reports a Lancet study published late last week. Previous studies have connected ICU delirium to higher costs, greater mortality risk, and long-term dementia.
A new study led by researchers with Pfizer shows a substantial burden of extraintestinal invasive Escherichia coli infections (IEIs) in the United States, with increasing resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins.
Also, the Biden team proposes a new COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan.
Studies spotlight limited in-school COVID-19 spread in North Carolina, Sweden, and Norway.
"Vaccine nationalism hurts us all and is self-defeating."
Registries and flexible regulations are the most common practices to address national shortages.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Two new studies highlight the threat posed by the multidrug-resistant yeast Candida auris to hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Two cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal disease affecting cervids such as deer, elk, and moose, were found in Mississippi on Dec 29, 2020, says the state's Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP). Both were hunter-harvested white-tailed deer, bringing the state up to 78 suspected or confirmed white-tailed deer cases since 2018 and expanding the disease range in the state.
The head of the WHO European office warns the B117 variant could displace other lineages.
Counties with large universities offering in-person instruction saw a 56% jump in COVID-19.
There are now at least 56 cases of the variant B117 in 8 states; California and Florida have the most.
