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Implementing a multifaceted antibiotic stewardship intervention safely reduced antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infections in frail older adults.
Data show that the use of doxycycline after sex to prevent sexually transmitted infections may not significantly increase resistance to the antibiotic.
The FDA has granted RSVpreF priority review for use in pregnant women to help protect babies against the virus.
The median time to sustained recovery was 11 days in both the ivermectin and placebo group.
In a randomized trial conducted in five countries, a 2-month drug regimen was found to be non-inferior to the standard 6-month treatment.
The roadmap provides a detailed strategy to develop broadly protective vaccines—suitable for wide use—to tackle future COVID-19 variants and other worrisome coronaviruses.
Nearly half of the newborns (46%) stayed in the same room as their mothers, a practice that rose from 23% in March to June 2020 to 74% in January to March 2021.
People who have long COVID and experience anxiety and depression following a mild infection may have brain changes that affect its structure and function.
The trial in Kenya involved 449 women who were taking daily oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and randomized them to receive doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis or standard of care.
The Bacterial Vaccines Network receives $1.2 million from UK-based charitable organization Wellcome to accelerate the development of bacterial vaccines.
A meta-analysis shows that protection from previous infection against symptomatic disease was high for the wild-type, Alpha, Beta, and Delta variants but much lower for Omicron BA.1.
COVID-19 vaccination is linked to fewer heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular issues among previously infected adults, suggests a US study.
Cases include 10 lab-confirmed infections and 1 probable case involving a man who died before samples could be collected.
Valneva submitted promising data from a phase 3 trial, final lot-to-lot consistency results, and positive 1-year persistence data.
Antibiotic receipt for COVID-19–related outpatient visits ranged from 4% in children 5 and under to 16% in adults ages 45 to 65.
After a moderate rise over the winter holidays, US COVID indicators are showing downward trends.
Also, the single available medical code for long COVID may not capture the wide variation in symptoms and severity.
Moderna vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic Omicron was 60% 2 weeks to 2 months after the second dose and 36% from 3 to 4 months after the second dose.
The percentage of outpatient visits for flulike illness remained just above the national baseline.
There have been 221 confirmed Shigella sonnei infections and 37 possible cases from the EU, UK, and US.
