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Vaccine uptake among certified nursing assistants, who provide most direct care, is only 49%.
XDR Campylobacter cases might stem from improper antibiotic use in the commercial dog industry.
All FDA-approved vaccines, however, offer substantial protection against hospitalization.
Since March 2020, children's body mass index (BMI) has increased at almost double its prepandemic rate, according to a study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
A phase 3 clinical trial conducted in Malawi has found that a single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) is safe and more than 80% effective at protecting children against typhoid fever, an international team of researchers reported yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
FDA says any booster will have to affect deaths and hospitalizations, not just immune response.
Israelis who got a booster dose had 11.3 times fewer COVID-19 infections.
High-level groups and vaccine companies say there's enough vaccine, but several obstacles block doses from getting to low- and middle-income countries.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday launched a toolkit to help healthcare payers support appropriate antibiotic use in outpatient settings.
Almost half of New York women who had been trying to become pregnant before COVID-19 stopped trying during the first few months of the pandemic, according to survey results published in JAMA Network Open yesterday.
All global regions saw declines, yet nearly 4 million new cases and more than 62,000 deaths were reported.
Risk factors for being infected include outdoor work exposures, crowded living conditions, and high body mass index.
"We are no longer able to provide the standard of care to each and every patient who needs our help."
The regimen involves 2 different vaccines and was shown safe in adults and children.
Researchers in Switzerland have identified an increase in New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM)–producing Enterobacterales, according to a report published today in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Cloth or surgical facial masks reduced SARS-CoV-2 RNA 77% in exhaled coarse aerosol particles and 48% in exhaled fine aerosol particles, offering "modest" source control, according to a Clinical Infectious Diseases study yesterday. The study also found that the Alpha (B117) COVID-19 variant contained 43-fold more fine-aerosol viral RNA compared with earlier virus strains.
Of the cancer patients, 62% reached the highest possible antibody levels.
More than 243,000 child COVID-19 cases were reported from Sep 2 to Sep 9, the second highest weekly total of the pandemic.
While welcoming the move, African leaders pushed for multiple ways to boost vaccine access, including easing export bans.
