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The absolute risk appears to be only slightly higher than in uninfected peers.
Also, global experts meet to consider if the threat constitutes a global public health emergency.
A study of Veterans Affairs (VA) patients found that the expectation of an antibiotic had a bigger impact on patient satisfaction than did receipt of an antibiotic, researchers reported today in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology.
Maternal COVID vaccination during pregnancy provides 52% protection against COVID-19 hospitalization in infants but only 38% protection against Omicron hospitalization, according to a study yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Protection against an intensive care unit (ICU) stay, however, was 70%.
Only 0.74% of patients visited an emergency department and only 0.11% a hospital.
The vaccine produces a strong immune response against the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday reported 29 more monkeypox cases, raising the nation's total to 142.
So far 24 states and the District of Columbia have reported cases, up from 21 in the CDC's last update. The most affected states include California, New York, Illinois, and Florida.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released another disappointing report on the state of the antibiotic development pipeline.
Women had a broader symptom profile than men, who were more likely to have diabetes or kidney problems.
The United Kingdom today expanded monkeypox vaccination to include men who have sex with men who are in high-risk groups, instead of just those who are known contacts and those at occupational risk.
Researchers in Africa and Asia have been selected to lead an upcoming research project that will explore the interconnections between antimicrobial resistance and gender.
"We know millions of parents and caregivers are eager to get their young children vaccinated."
In Europe, 99.4% of patients are male, and 98.4% are men who have sex with men.
A study conducted in a network of urgent care and express care clinics in Iowa found that implementation of cascade reporting was associated with a significant decline in fluoroquinolone prescribing, researchers reported today in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology.
Rates of Kawasaki disease, a rare acquired cardiac condition in kids, fell nationally during peak COVID-19 transmission when control measures were in place, potentially providing a clue that multiple triggers and upper airway inhalation might be involved.
Though the rate of Omicron long COVID appears to be lower, because the variant causes so much infection, a lot of people are still affected.
In global news, WHO advisers weigh in on the composition of modified COVID-19 vaccines to address variants.
Researchers in Austria are reporting the identification of a second strain of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) gonorrhea.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Rates of COVID-19 hospitalization among adult Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities were almost 50% higher than rates among elderly beneficiaries with no disability, according to a study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
