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Originally published by CIDRAP News Nov 23
Of 35 million who have gotten their booster shots, 16 million were seniors.
The boosters confer 28% to 56% more protection against symptomatic infections than 2 to 4 doses of the original vaccines, a new study estimates.
Protection against Omicron reinfection was lowest, at 60%.
The trial will investigate whether an early IV-to-oral transition improves outcomes in patients with gram-negative bloodstream infections.
Adult US COVID-19 patients who received the antiviral drug Paxlovid within 5 days after diagnosis had a 51% lower hospitalization rate than nonrecipients.
The latest outbreaks put the nation's poultry losses for the year at 50.5 million, which ties the record set in the outbreaks of 2015.
The phase 3 trial will test the efficacy of ganaplacide/lumefantrine-SDF against standard treatment, including against drug-resistant malaria.
Data that are not yet peer-reviewed indicate that a single Jynneos vaccine dose provides 78% protection against monkeypox 14 days or more after vaccination.
Canada saw an increase in the sales of antibiotics for use in food production animals in 2020, a new report finds.
Amid a shortage of the antibiotic amoxicillin, the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued guidance on alternatives to the oral powder formulation for suspension.
Deaths caused by bacterial infections accounted for more than 1 in 8 global deaths in 2019, with five pathogens accounting for more than half of those deaths, an international team of researchers reported yesterday in The Lancet.
Each dollar invested in New York City COVID-19 vaccine efforts generated $10.19 in savings.
Researchers found no evidence of disease spread in Dutch sexual networks of men who have sex with men before May.
The burden of antimicrobial resistance declined 4.2% from 2017 to 2021, and antibiotic use fell 15.1%.
The antiviral drug remdesivir and corticosteroids were tied to better outcomes in COVID-19 patients admitted directly to a hospital ward.
The US had 155,000 to 466,000 more deaths than peer nations in the second half of 2021 and early 2022.
A new report from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) shows that sales of antibiotics for use in food-producing animals have been nearly cut in half across Europe since 2011.
The survey shows a near doubling of C auris cases—and countries reporting them.
