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China has reported another H7N9 avian flu infection, marking only the third case of the sixth wave of illness activity that began in October, according to a report today from Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP).
The results of a survey of physicians published today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology indicate that when treating patients at the end of life, physicians' decisions about continuing antimicrobial use are influenced by many factors.
"This year is not a pandemic, but the high ILI is a sign of the severity," CDC Director Anne Schuchat says.
A series of papers yesterday in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology by researchers and clinicians with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) identifies key knowledge gaps and lays out research agendas to address the spread of drug-resistant pathogens in healthcare settings.
With the Winter Olympics just getting under way in South Korea, a norovirus outbreak has sidelined 32 workers, including 21 from the security staff, the Associated Press (AP) reported. Authorities have called in military personnel to help with security.
Increased antibiotic use alters the human microbiome, Martin Blaser says.
Cases are now at 353, an increase of 140 cases from the previous week.
Bavarian Nordic today announced promising findings for a phase 3 study of its smallpox vaccine Imvamune, which compared its efficacy against ACAM200, the smallpox vaccine currently licensed in the United States. Imvamune is a nonreplicating vaccine designed to be safer for use in patients who shouldn't be given the replicating vaccine, such as those with atopic dermatitis or HIV.
A longitudinal study in Papua New Guinea has found that mass administration of antibiotics followed by targeted treatment did not eliminate yaws, researchers reported yesterday in The Lancet. The study also discovered the first signs of resistance in the tropical infection, which causes chronic disfiguring skin ulcers in children in at least 14 countries.
A UK outbreak involves swans from a flock owned by Queen Elizabeth at Windsor.
Half of EU nations report that only a third of older adults are vaccinated against flu.
In a joint statement today the World Health Organization (WHO) and South Korean health officials issued public health recommendations for people attending the upcoming winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang.
An online survey of frontline prescribers found mostly positive attitudes toward antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) but also identified several specific deficiencies related to knowledge, prescribing practices, and awareness of available resources, according to a study yesterday in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Since July 2012, the FDA has approved 12 products that are now on the market.
Flu activity is still high in the Northern Hemisphere's temperate-zone countries, with a few countries now reporting hospitalization and intensive care unit admission levels that top previous seasons, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in its latest global flu update. Adults ages 65 and older are the hardest hit groups in both Canada and the United States.
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) today released a letter urging Congress to provide new economic incentives for the development of new antimicrobial drugs.
One study hints that infection in children and young adults may affect brain health.
The findings undermine the country's efforts to combat rising antibiotic resistance.
Today the French pharmaceutical company, Sanofi Pasteur, said they would not pay the Philippines millions of dollars in return for Dengvaxia vaccines, after the country halted a national vaccination program in light of concerns the vaccine can cause severe infection in dengue-immune recipients.
