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Implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) across a four-hospital health system was linked to a substantial decrease in the use of fluoroquinolones and increased susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli to levofloxacin, finds a
New highly pathogenic avian flu outbreaks have been reported in poultry in six states.
Preschoolers of parents who had been vaccinated against COVID appeared to have 97% protection against Delta and 79% protection against Omicron.
The shorter 6-month regimen could save enough to supply 400,000 people with almost a year's worth of treatment.
Nearly 15% of 62,525 COVID-19 patients had contraindications to the antiviral drug.
In some nations in the Americas, 3 viral diseases are straining hospitals.
Teachers were at 40% higher risk of reporting anxiety than were healthcare workers.
The Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) in Arizona this week reported a dengue infection in someone who was probably exposed to an infected mosquito in Maricopa County.
Mosquito surveillance has detected dengue virus in a mosquito trap in one of the county's neighborhood, the MCDPH said in a Nov 14 press release.
District officials in the latest affected area of Uganda reported two more Ebola cases that involve family members of a recently confirmed case-patient in Jinja, according to the Monitor, a Kampala-based newspaper, reported today.
Flu vaccination reduced pneumonia by 40% and hospitalization by 15% in people with heart failure.
From 53% to 74% of students were able to end isolation early, but 15% to 22% tested positive beyond the recommended isolation period.
The report reveals encouraging investments but also persistent COVID-19 vaccine inequity and a nearly vacant pipeline for products to treat or prevent emerging pathogens that have pandemic potential.
60% of hospitalized COVID patients and 68% of those not hospitalized had at least one symptom 2 years later.
In 9 clinical trials, children received either amoxicillin or cotrimoxazole for different durations.
Uganda has reported one more lab-confirmed Ebola infection, which involves a 23-year-old woman who is a healthcare worker in Mubende, one of the outbreak's hot spots, according to an update yesterday from the World Health Organization (WHO) Uganda office.
Flu activity in the Northern Hemisphere is rising, with levels up sharply over the past few weeks in North America, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday in its latest global flu update, which roughly covers the last half of October.
US adults who get the flu vaccine every year are 24.7% more likely to complete a primary COVID-19 vaccine regimen.
The percentage of kids receiving 5 to 7 days of antibiotics rose from the baseline of 60% to 86%.
A study of 2,126 vaccine recipients identifies 10 cardiac events that all had alternative explanations, and no hospitalizations.
Relative vaccine effectiveness of a second booster dose against severe COVID-19 is only about 30% after 2 to 4 months in people 80 and older, compared with one booster dose.
