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A relatively simple 6-month regimen cured 90% or more of patients who have MDR-TB.
Infections with previous COVID-19 variants offer more protection against the Omicron BA.5 subvariant in vaccinated people compared with vaccinated people who had no previous infections, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study yesterday.
Diagnostics company Avails Medical announced today that it has received an additional $1.7 million in funding from CARB-X (the Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator) to continue developing a rapid electronic antibiotic susceptibility test (AST).
Parental risk factors for head trauma in babies during the pandemic included life stress such as job loss, intimate partner violence, and lifestyle changes.
Researchers say the findings could help shift the focus of antibiotic stewardship efforts in low-resource settings.
The CDC advisory group discussions begin tomorrow, as the top WHO official urged countries to prepare for rising cases in the months ahead.
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, of the World Health Organization (WHO) today said many European countries, including Germany and the Netherlands, were showing continued slowing of new monkeypox cases, while countries in the Americas (save for Canada) are still seeing increased case counts.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday urged health providers to ask patients with suspected flu infections outside of the regular flu season to ask about any recent exposure to pigs.
Neutralizing antibody levels peaked at 84% but remained around 70% for up to 13 months.
Public health professionals use some terms imprecisely, others incorrectly, and still others technically accurate but almost sure to be misunderstood by the public.
The patient who died was described as being severely immune-compromised.
A single-center study in North Carolina showed that a multifaceted initiative was associated with a significant and sustainable decrease in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB; bacteria in the urine) and asymptomatic pyuria (ASP; elevated white blood cells in the urine), researchers reported today in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epide
Two Omicron SARS-CoV-2 subvariants—BA.5 and BA.4.6—increased their predominance last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its latest update.
Nearly 72% of US clinicians working in safety-net clinics had mild to intense moral distress.
The funds will support the first US-based fill-and-finish effort of Bavarian Nordic's Jynneos vaccine.
Children aged 4 to 14 years can accurately self-collect nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing after viewing simple instructions, suggests a study late last week in JAMA.
A randomized trial of children with diarrhea in two low-income countries found that use of an algorithm to predict the likelihood of viral etiology resulted in reduced antibiotic use in children who had a higher likelihood of viral illness, researchers reported today in JAMA Pediatrics.
With 137 newly confirmed infections, cases on the Diamond Princess reach 355.
mRNA booster protection against severe COVID-19 was 87% and didn't wane for 6 months.
Half of men who have MSM are changing their sexual behaviors because of the monkeypox outbreak.
