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Use of a rapid PCR test in patients with infectious diarrhea did not reduce antibiotic use compared with stool culture, but the findings might not be generalizable.
Having 2 or more underlying medical conditions raised the risk of ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, and in-hospital death.
If approved, the product would be the first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine specifically designed for adults.
In summer 2020, 11% had moderate to severe depression, but the rate rose to 22% by spring 2021.
Of children with chronic conditions hospitalized with COVID-19, 8.6% required pediatric intensive care unit admission, versus 0.9% in those without them.
Twenty-seven metabolites were still dysregulated in long-COVID patients compared with controls after 2 years.
Two-dose COVID vaccine effectiveness (VE) was 49%, 26%, and 7% for children, teens, and young adults, respectively, but 3-dose VE against death was 65%.
Researchers used a membrane contaminated with MRSA to mimic a bed bug feeding through the skin of a host colonized with the drug-resistant pathogen.
While only 58% of respondents had heard of the payment model, 70% said it was a good step, 69% said it would improve treatment, and 58% said it would help stimulate new antibiotics.
Emergent has received a 10-year BARDA contract worth up to $704 million for advanced development and supply of a monoclonal antibody.
HHS launches the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, and the State Department launches the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy.
In other developments, South Korea reported H5N1 in cats at a second shelter and Northern Ireland reported the virus in foxes.
The hospital in the study also mandates yearly flu vaccination, with 95.5% coverage.
The trials launching are part of four platforms, which target viral persistence, neurologic symptoms, sleep problems, and autonomic system issues.
The authors said pairing rapid tests with early algorithm-based management can significantly reduce healthcare resource use.
Scientists suggest the bacteria are an underrated cause of bloodstream infections and septic shock, and more study is needed to understand why.
Meanwhile, new clinical findings from Tokyo suggest that asymptomatic mpox cases are underestimated.
States are keeping residents posted on warm-weather infectious disease threats, some water-borne and others spread by mosquitos.
Hospitalizations rose last week for the first time since January, with a few counties in three states now at moderate levels.
A study of ambulatory antibiotic prescriptions in a large medical system found a higher proportion of prescriptions for not-in-person visits were inappropriate than those for in-person visits.
