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A study of 1,883 Canadian children and teens with newly diagnosed or atypical anorexia nervosa shows that rates of the disease rose 66%, and hospitalizations climbed 267%, per month during the first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new study presented at an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) meeting finds that influenza vaccination rates are low for people without a regular healthcare provider, at just 20.5%, as well as among minority groups.
Vaccine coverage among American adults with a regular provider was 44.5%, according to the research, which was presented yesterday at the society's midyear conference.
Though the survey findings might not be surprising, the margin may be.
In addition to identifying an Omicron patient, health officials in Houston have confirmed the variant in wastewater.
As much as 2% of COVID-19 cases in Denmark might be caused by Omicron.
The stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic have been particularly detrimental for the mental health of Black adults, finds a new US study in the Journal of Gerontology.
A study conducted at a large teaching hospital in Tokyo found that most tests used to diagnose invasive fungal disease were inappropriate, Japanese researchers reported yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
Adults' blood pressures climbed during COVID-19, especially in women.
Only 2 of more than 160 patients were admitted to the ICU, the hospital report says.
Though the Delta variant is still the dominant US strain, Omicron could one day overtake it.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) recently announced the first positive chronic wasting disease (CWD) test in a hunter-harvested deer in Union County, far from the nearest known positive finding in the state.
Today in Circulation, researchers report that most cases of rare yet potentially serious episodes of myocarditis related to COVID-19 vaccinations in teens and young adults were mild, and the case-patients recovered quickly.
"If we want to protect the American people and our economy, we must defeat the virus everywhere."
Tested boosters were Novavax, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Valneva, J&J, Moderna, and CureVac.
Also, Delta variant activity continued at high levels in Europe, with worrisome signs in the UK.
Declines in prescribing, however, were in certain types of physicians only.
Close contact with COVID-19 cases outside of work is the biggest risk factor for infections among American healthcare workers, according to research published yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
US Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, announced this week that he has reintroduced legislation to strengthen the federal response to antibiotic resistance.
Data yet to be peer-reviewed show the Omicron variant may be highly transmissible.
