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Five barriers to better antibiotic decision-making at hospital discharge emerged after John Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers interviewed healthcare workers and discharged patients.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Fixed-dose combinations account for 22.5% of total antibiotic consumption in 75 countries.
The ECDC raises the risk of spread of new variants to very high as the UK struggles with the B117 strain.
Bamlanivimab paired with etesevimab was more effective than bamlanivimab alone.
Biden says states will be reimbursed by FEMA if they use the National Guard for pandemic response.
New data published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) show routine vaccine uptake among kindergarteners across the United States during the 2019-20 school year was high, approximately 95%—but the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to bring that number down.
Six of 11 deceased patients—all but one of whom had COVID-19—had SARS-CoV-2 RNA in their corneas, but live virus was not detected, according to a study published today in JAMA Ophthalmology.
"The severity of your disease doesn't seem to predict how you're going to respond down the road."
Biden is also sending Anthony Fauci, MD to speak at the WHO's executive board meeting.
A 1% increase in a county's income inequality is associated with a 3% rise in COVID-19 deaths.
The WHO says further investigation is under way into two new variants recently detected in Brazil.
Twenty-eight–day in-hospital mortality rates decreased from 29.9% to 19.7% for adult COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) patients over the first wave of the pandemic, according to an Annals of Internal Medicine study published yesterday.
The world added more than 2 million new COVID-19 cases in the past 3 days.
Overcoming obstacles to better flu vaccines requires collaboration through innovative approaches on a broad scale.
More than 60% of Americans prioritize public health over the economy.
The risk of death was 2 to 3 times higher, depending on how close the ICU was to capacity.
The report aims to strengthen COVID-19 response now as well as prepare for future pandemics.
Truly revolutionary flu vaccines and equitable distribution are key goals.
COVID-19 infection rates in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers are higher than those in the general population and eclipse those of surrounding communities, according to a research letter published today in JAMA Network Open.
