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Pregnant women were 5.4 times more likely to be hospitalized and 1.5 times more likely to need intensive care.
Data suggest antibiotics may be used more frequently on crops, and on a wider variety, than previously thought.
Though age is still important, younger adults with underlying conditions can get very sick, too, the CDC warns.
Nearly 2 years after it started and after 2,470 cases and 2,287 deaths, the outbreak is considered over.
Pfizer and Wellcome Trust yesterday announced a new partnership with the governments of Kenya, Malawi, Ghana, and Uganda to track antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in those countries.
Chilblains—which in this pandemic have been referred to as "COVID toes"—are not a sign of COVID-19 infection but rather a result of sedentary lifestyles linked to community lockdown measures and a lack of warm footwear, two small studies published today in JAMA Dermatology have found.
The governors of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut say they'll require self-quarantine of visitors from several states.
Of hospitals surveyed, 40% had significant respirator shortages, with many needing to stretch the supply.
COVID-19 cases are rising by 1 million a week, exceeding oxygen supplies in a market in which most concentrators are produced by a few companies.
Scientists have roundly criticized a new study's methodology, and the entire kerfuffle has highlighted the difficulty of "doing science" amid a full-blown pandemic.
One more case has been reported in the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising the total to 24, the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said today on Twitter.
EU officials might exclude travelers from the US and other nations, such as Russia and Brazil, that are having difficulty containing COVID-19 cases.
"A couple of days ago, there were 30,000 new infections. That's very troublesome."
The authors say factors relating to the severity of COVID-19 are likely at play.
Aerosolized SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, remained infectious for as long as 16 hours, according to a study published yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Using nebulizers and a custom-built rotating drum, US researchers aerosolized the viruses once each in primate head-only exposure chambers or 30-liter rodent chambers in four aerobiology laboratories.
The implementation of a rapid diagnostic testing platform at a children's hospital, coupled with real-time antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) result notification, was associated with improved antibiotic management of hospitalized children with gram-positive blood culture isolates, researchers reported today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in New York City tripled during the start of the pandemic.
Meanwhile, cases continue to surge in Arizona, California, and Texas as US cases top 2.3 million.
Also, wide guideline variations could cause inequity in equipment allocation during a public health emergency.
The increase was led by surges in countries, such as Brazil, the United States, and India, that have large populations.
