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The University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) today announced the launch of the Chronic Wasting Disease Response, Research, and Policy Program (CWD Program) to address the wildlife disease crisis and the potential for zoonotic spread and human-to-human transmission. CIDRAP is the publisher of CIDRAP News.
More than half of postgraduate hospital trainees self-reported that they come to work while experiencing influenza-like illness (ILI) symptoms, despite also saying that doing so poses a risk to patients, according to a study yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Alongside the slew of new cases, 12 more people died from their infections, as violence continued against outbreak responders.
The drug cut the incidence of C difficile by 2.4 percentage points—a 71% relative risk reduction.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today said measles counts have now grown to 268 cases in 15 states—62 more cases than the agency reported in a Mar 4 update. For comparison, the CDC reported 372 cases for all of 2018.
US nationwide prescribing data show that oral antibiotic prescription rates dropped 5% from 2011 to 2016, and the ratio of broad- to narrow-spectrum antibiotics decreased 8% in that span, but prescribing rates in adults rose slightly, according to a new study in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The outbreak has reached 936 cases and 591 deaths.
Several indicators show a downward trend, but deaths in kids have reached 68 and hospitalizations continue to climb.
Australian researchers reported yesterday in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy that a novel, pharmacist-led penicillin allergy de-labeling intervention at a tertiary hospital led to a significant decrease in the prescribing of restricted antibiotics.
Improperly home-canned peas sickened three women in New York City last summer after they ate potato salad that contained the ingredient, underscoring the importance of safe canning procedures, New York health officials reported today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Tedros said there are signs the virus is retreating, but added that security is still the main challenge for health workers.
Short-course therapy led to a favorable outcome in 79% of patients, compared with 80% in long-course patients.
Iranian investigators have discovered a high rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a common superbug, in two types of cockroaches found in hospitals, according to a study yesterday in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control.
A Colorado dog with pneumonic plague exposed at least 116 people at a veterinary hospital to Yersinia pestis because of a delay in diagnosis, according to a report in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The DRC and Republic of Congo had seroprevalance rates of 2% to 3.5%.
A benefit was found, however, when pelvic infection was defined by strict criteria.
The US Department of Human Services (HHS) said yesterday that Ned Sharpless, MD, will serve as acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), replacing Scott Gottlieb, MD, who announced his resignation on Mar 5 after less than 2 years in the position.
Representatives from the Center for Biological Diversity, Public Interest Network, and US PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) today delivered 45,000 petition signatures to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), calling on the agency to deny a proposal that would allow for expanded antibiotic spraying on citrus fields.
Officials report 2 new cases, as well as 3 incidents of violent encounters slowing vaccination efforts in Katwa, Butembo, and Kalunguta.
