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The more transmissible variant has led to increased cases in recent weeks in the South and West.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today issued an update to its consolidated guidelines on the detection of tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistant TB.
New data presented at the European Association of Urology congress this week show that men with low testosterone who were hospitalized for severe COVID-19 during the first wave of infections in Milan, Italy, were more likely to need intensive care and mechanical ventilation, and they had a sixfold increased risk of death.
Study finds that tocilizumab and sarilumab reduce the risk of death and the need for mechanical ventilation.
Canadian data suggest efforts to cut unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in primary care have had mixed results.
A lottery-based incentive was not tied to increased vaccination rates in adults.
The federal government will shift to a smaller, community-based COVID vaccination effort.
Only 20 US state and District of Columbia COVID-19 vaccination plans included mention of a health equity committee, and only 8 specifically mentioned including minority group representatives, according to a JAMA Network Open research letter late last week.
Late last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a new Listeria outbreak connected to Tyson Foods Inc. chicken products.
So far three people have been sickened, one in Delaware and two in Texas. One patient has died from his or her infection, and all required hospitalization. The patients first started having symptoms from Apr 6 to Jun 5.
The Delta variant virus is causing cases to rise in some regions, but J&J says its vaccine is effective against it.
The pets usually have no or mild symptoms but in a few cases might have severe disease.
"In those countries whose hospitals are filling up, they need vaccines and other health tools right now."
A history of pain in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients—the disease's most common complication—is associated with worse COVID-19 outcomes in children and adults, according to a Blood Advances study yesterday. SCD-related organ comorbidities were also related to worse COVID-19 outcomes in children.
A provider-focused antibiotic stewardship intervention was associated with reduced antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections (RTIs) at 31 primary care practices, with no impact on prescribing for infections that require antibiotics, researchers reported today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Vaccinated people have a milder, shorter illness and lower viral loads, study finds.
Cases in Africa rose 25% last week and are doubling every 3 weeks, and infections rose 10% in Europe.
Communities with vaccination uptake of 30% or lower will be hardest hit by the Delta variant, CDC director says.
COVID-19 transmission was most commonly identified in households early on in the pandemic, but interviews also show an association with healthcare settings, according to a study yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The global prevalence of vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) has more than tripled in the past two decades, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control.
