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Raking or blowing fall leaves on a lawn's border with a wooded area can create the ideal habitat for blacklegged ticks to thrive and spread disease the next spring, according to a study yesterday in the Journal of Medical Entomology.
A study today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology reports a high prevalence of antibiotic allergy labels (AALs) in Australian nursing homes.
Vaccine effectiveness was 80.2% in the first 11 months and 73.3% in the first 17 months.
Fully 80% of US deaths so far have been in those 65 years and older.
The WHO announces a large international clinical trial to test 5 treatments.
Modeling predicts "a terrible dilemma of very long-term social distancing, or overloading healthcare systems, or both."
Trump announced that the USNS Mercy and Comfort Navy hospital ships, hospitals at sea, will be deployed to New York and the West Coast.
A computerized clinical support tool implemented at an academic medical center helped reduce rates of Clostridioides difficile testing without an associated increase in adverse events in patients whose tests were prevented, researchers from the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine reported today in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
People are likely experiencing exactly this contradiction as we confront the COVID-19 pandemic together.
Italy reports 3,526 new infections, boosting its total past 30,000.
The number of US COVID-19 cases tops 5,000.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported two more MERS-CoV cases, one in Riyadh and the other in Mecca, raising the number reported in March to eight.
CARB-X announced today that it is awarding $2.86 million to Microbiotix of Worcester, Massachusetts, to develop a new oral antibiotic for multidrug-resistant (MDR) gonorrhea.
An important mode of transmission—close-range aerosol spread—needs to be part of the COVID-19 prevention equation.
Doctors in hard-hit Lombardy paint a dire picture of overwhelmed ICUs and a lack of resources.
The White House says to limit gatherings to 10 people.
Data on children treated for mild pneumonia suggests antibiotics may not be needed as often as prescribed.
And 1,440 new cases in Spain mean it is now the world's fourth hardest-hit country.
As of Mar 2, the United States so far this year has recorded 12 measles cases from 7 jurisdictions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a Mar 12 monthly update. The totals reflect an increase of 7 cases and 2 jurisdictions since the CDC's last update on Feb 3.
A wild deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) near Farmington, Minn., nearly 100 miles from the state's disease epicenter, according to a Mar 13 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) news release.
