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The Pfizer Foundation this week announced $2 million in grants to help non-governmental organizations, non-profits, and social enterprises in low- and middle-income countries address infectious disease challenges, including the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
A mother and child in South Kivu province became infected after contact with a patient from Beni.
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it will not vaccinate migrants, despite concerns some have raised about infectious disease spread, particularly the deaths of three children who died after falling ill with flu while in US custody, according to media reports.
An analysis of the electronic health records of more than 1.6 million UK patients revealed that doctors don't always prescribe antibiotics according to guidelines, especially for upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) and otitis externa (outer ear passage infection), according to a study yesterday in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Lefamulin approval was supported by two phase 3 trials involving moxifloxacin.
A study of infants who had bacteremic urinary tract infections (UTIs) indicates that short-course parenteral antibiotic therapy may be considered as a treatment option, a team of US researchers reported today in Pediatrics.
The rate of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) outbreak shows a slight decline, with Beni and Mandima still remaining as the main hot spots, according to a weekly outbreak and emergencies report from the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office that covers cases through Aug 17.
Postprescription audit and review showed more promise than preauthorization.
Analysis of a 2015-16 cluster highlights living conditions and healthcare spread.
With 21 new cases, 2019 US measles totals rise to 1,203 in 30 states.
With 27 new infections in the past 3 days, the outbreak has grown to 2,888 cases and 1,934 deaths.
A study by Italian investigators in Clinical Microbiology and Infection has found that commercial methods for testing carbapenem susceptibility produced widely variable results in a sample of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli, with none satisfying the criteria for acceptable antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) performance.
A multistate Cyclospora outbreak linked to fresh basil imported from Mexico has sickened 73 more people, increasing the total to 205 infections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an Aug 15 update.
The outbreak has now grown to 2,861 cases, including 1,913 deaths, as the UN announces more funding.
CARB-X yesterday announced additional funding to expand development of a vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
In new polio developments, Pakistan reported five more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases and four African countries reported more circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) cases, including the first in Benin, according to the latest weekly update today from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
According to the World Health Organization's (WHO) online dashboard, 10 new cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising the outbreak total to 2,852, and 380 suspected cases are still under investigation.
Fatalities have passed the 1,900 mark, to stand at 1,905, after seven new deaths from the virus were confirmed today.
An analysis of data from routine antibiotic susceptibility testing in 30 European countries shows a strong correlation between the rates of intrinsically antibiotic-resistant bacterial species and the rates of acquired resistance in gram-negative bacterial species, a team of European researchers reported today in Eurosurveillance.
The shorter, simpler regimen with the new drug is poised to improve treatment against a difficult disease and to lower costs.
