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All schoolchildren, staff, and teachers should wear masks when indoors this fall, the agency says.
Despite the increased case count, researchers say herd immunity is still far off.
Also, cases are climbing steeply in Tokyo in the midst of the Summer Olympic Games.
Experts say drug compounding is a stopgap measure, not a solution.
The discontinuation of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) at a South Korean hospital led to a rapid return of antibiotic use patterns observed before the ASP was implemented, researchers reported yesterday in Clinical Microbiology and Infection.
Republicans' intended COVID-19 vaccine uptake rose 7% after watching and reading endorsements from elite Republican leaders versus those from Democrat leaders, according to a study published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"This is an absolute travesty, because we can prevent deaths. Think this pandemic is over? Think again."
Businesses and organizations are struggling with vaccine mandates as the Delta variant shows no sign of slowing.
Most people who had severe allergic reactions after the first dose didn't have any issues after the second.
Out of 574 multiple-occupancy dorm rooms, roommate transmissions occurred only 20% of the time, according to a study during the fall 2020 semester at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Nearly two thirds of COVID-19 patients without bacterial or fungal co-infections in Michigan hospitals received antibiotics during the first wave of the pandemic, University of Michigan researchers reported today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
Black men saw a 91% drop in prostatectomies; rates for White men dropped 17%.
In other developments, cases surge in Asia's hot spots, and infections continue to climb sharply in Europe.
All but 5 states have seen a rise in COVID hospitalizations due largely to unvaccinated patients, with Nevada, Arkansas, and Missouri hit especially hard.
Patients with a history of COVID-19 were more likely to have side effects after their first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine than those who were never infected, according to a Vaccine study yesterday.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Jul 22
In the wake of media reports from India that said the country has detected its first human avian flu case, the health ministry today confirmed that H5 was found in a child who had underlying health conditions and died on Jul 12. The ministry report in Hindi was translated and posted by Avian Flu Diary (AFD), an infectious disease news blog.
Two doses of either Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine were 80% effective against the Delta COVID-19 variant.
Multiple groups call for addressing major global vaccine inequality issues.
Also, ACIP continues to recommend the J&J COVID vaccine despite concerns over Guillain-Barre syndrome.
