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Surges continue to intensify in locations such as Hong Kong, where Omicron is still very active.
Test to treat will allow patients who test positive to be treated with free antiviral pills on the spot.
A retrospective study of 17 COVID-19 survivors with lingering symptoms reveals that 10 (59%) had nerve damage, which the researchers said could have been triggered by potentially treatable infection-related immune dysfunction.
Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's or other types of dementia died at higher rates.
Also, new data show moderate COVID vaccine protection in young kids against serious illness.
An AHRQ quality improvement program frames antibiotic use as a patient safety issue.
Fewer than half of US states requiring COVID-19 vaccination or routine testing of schoolteachers included childcare professionals in their mandates, leaving some young children vulnerable to infection by unvaccinated caregivers, according to a study yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics.
A study yesterday in JAMA Network Open tracked excess mortality caused by both influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in the United States from 1999 to 2018 and found that RSV caused more deaths in infants, while both viruses caused substantial mortality in elderly Americans.
"When the number of patients with COVID-19 exceeds hospital resources, young, healthy Americans die who otherwise would have lived," a study author says.
Also, 3 preprint studies offer new clues that suggest a Wuhan market was the original source of SARS-CoV-2.
Oxygen supplies are needed for the nation's 1,700 hospitalized COVID-19 patients and other critically ill patients.
Federal health officials have announced 45 more high-pathogenic H5 avian flu detections in waterfowl, including the first involving wild birds in Alabama, Maine, and New Jersey in the recent spread of the virus. Also, officials reported two more outbreaks involving other types of birds in New York.
An investigation led by Canadian Food Inspection Agency scientists has identified a new and highly divergent lineage of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in white-tailed deer (WTD) in that country. The findings, which are not peer-reviewed, are published as a preprint study on bioRxiv.
One study finds no link, and the other shows a marginally higher incidence in Pfizer recipients.
New guidance eases indoor mask use for most parts of the nation, according to new baseline measures.
More than 5 million children have lost a parent or caregiver during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a modeling study published yesterday in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
World Health Organization (WHO) flu vaccine strain selection advisors met this week to recommend the strains to include for the Northern Hemisphere's 2022-2023 flu season, swapping out the components for the H3N2 and influenza B Victoria lineage strains.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A study of influenza-associated antibiotic prescribing in California suggests that increasing influenza vaccination coverage could have a modest benefit for reducing antibiotic prescribing, researchers reported today in Epidemiology & Infection.
Fully 40% of patients who rely on prescription drugs suspect that supply chain disruptions will put them at risk.
Efforts are under way to overhaul the nation's COVID-19 strategy.
