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Cases are rising in 28 states, and details on Trump's illness are still murky.
Several European nations report new daily highs, and hospital cases are rising in France.
As of Oct 8, public health investigators and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have concluded their investigation of a Salmonella Newport outbreak that has resulted in 1,127 confirmed cases and 167 hospitalizations across 48 states.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Oct 7
European lawmakers yesterday called for the European Union (EU) to address antibiotic shortages and antibiotic development as key components of its forthcoming Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe.
The findings suggest a resistance mutation occurred in the index patient and was then spread to four others.
"Science will guide our decision, and I will not ... allow pressure from anybody to change that."
As Regeneron becomes the second firm to apply for an EUA for an experimental antibody treatment, experts call for approvals to be based on rigorous science.
During recent meetings to recommend the flu strains to include in the Southern Hemisphere's 2021 flu season, the World Health Organization (WHO) advisory group also reviewed the latest developments with zoonotic strains and recommended two new candidate vaccine viruses for pandemic preparedness.
Most pregnant women with COVID-19 experience mild disease, but many have prolonged symptoms lasting weeks after infection, according to a large nationwide study yesterday in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Also, PAHO is concerned about a resurgence of cases in the Carribean.
Daily cases dropped from 3,506 to 867 after the measures were implemented.
Hospitals in Wisconsin and North Dakota are being stretched to capacity.
Slaughterhouse workers with close camel contact had a 30% positive test rate.
A study yesterday found that US patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are more likely to be male, younger, and have fewer comorbidities and lower medication use than hospitalized flu patients.
Lopinavir-ritonavir didn't shorten hospital stay or lower the risk of mechanical ventilation or death.
Also, the FDA posts its COVID-19 vaccine standards, ending a stalemate.
The US ranked 9th of 19 overall but scored high on income, food, and shelter aid.
A diagnostic stewardship program at a large Los Angeles hospital was associated with significantly reduced inpatient urine culture orders and rates of hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), researchers reported today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
A study yesterday found an 82.3% rate of neurologic symptoms among 509 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, with some symptoms associated with increased death rates.
The patients didn't have severe symptoms such as respiratory failure.
