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Originally published by CIDRAP News Nov 11
Several industry groups have sued the Biden administration over COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Two doses offer 77.8% efficacy against symptomatic COVID-19 but about 65% against the Delta variant.
Dutch advisers have suggested a 2-week lockdown that would cancel events and close theaters but allow schools to stay open.
Non-prescription and irresponsible antibiotic use are prevalent across the world and are largely influenced by non-biomedical factors, an international team of researchers reported this week in Clinical Microbiology and Infection.
Positive COVID-19 test results were more than 10 times more common among unvaccinated, asymptomatic healthcare professionals (HCP) in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) long-term care facilities than among their fully vaccinated counterparts, according to a research letter yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
Mandates have cut the number of unvaccinated Americans by 40% from this summer, an official says.
Sleep-related hypoxia was tied to a 31% higher risk of hospitalization and death.
Missed measles vaccinations and eroded surveillance during COVID-19 are setting up a perfect storm.
A new report from the AMR Industry Alliance (AMRIA) highlights some of the efforts that life sciences companies are pursuing to deliver on commitments to tackle antimicrobial resistance.
The 2021 AMRIA Progress Report draws on a survey completed by 53 alliance members and looks at efforts across four strategic pillars—research and science, access, appropriate use, and manufacturing and the environment.
The corticosteroid dexamethasone was associated with a 56% lower risk of death and intensive care unit (ICU) admission among hospitalized COVID-19 patients and is safe to use in monitored diabetes patients, according to research presented at this week's Society for Endocrinology annual conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The data underscore the importance of weighing all possible causes, including COVID-19.
Currently, at least 69% of adult US Pfizer vaccine recipients qualify for a booster dose.
Nations like Denmark and France are now seeing impacts and taking steps to curb the spread of COVID-19.
A coronavirus sharing 92.6% of nucleotide identity with SARS-CoV-2 was detected in bats in Cambodia in 2010, according to a new study in Nature Communications, adding to the understanding of natural reservoirs for the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic.
New data released today by the United Kingdom's Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) show that the use of antibiotics in UK livestock continues to fall.
"The trajectory of the pandemic is in our hands. ... What happens now and into 2022 is up to us."
Also, tens of thousands of federal workers have requested vaccine exemptions on religious grounds.
Hospital patients in poorer neighborhoods were 28% more likely to have major events like heart attacks and 37% more likely to die.
Over half of adults diagnosed as having a rheumatologic disease reported persistent COVID-19 symptoms at least a month after recovery from their infection, according to survey results presented late last week at the virtual American College of Rheumatology annual meeting.
