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A modeling study yesterday suggests that the first human case of COVID-19 likely occurred in or around November 2019 in China, with the most likely date of origin being Nov 17. The study was published in PLOS Pathogens.
Guidelines published yesterday by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) contain three new recommendations for treating adults who have Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
According to CDC data, 65.6% of US adults have received at least 1 vaccine dose.
"Government action to date has failed to match the severity of the crisis," a new report says.
Twelve African nations battle surges, and Brazil records a daily high in COVID-19 cases.
COVID-19 transmission among household members may be reduced 40% to 50% when a person has been vaccinated 21 days or more, according to a New England Journal of Medicine letter to the editor yesterday.
Only a few countries reported sporadic flu detection, mostly involving influenza B, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest global flu update, which covers the end of May and the first week of June.
HHS: The risk of myocarditis and pericarditis are much higher from contracting COVID-19 than from vaccines.
All told, 85 countries have reported the Delta variant, and a number of nations are battling rises in COVID-19 cases.
Higher death and critical care rates are likely to strain hospitals, researchers say.
During the first US wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there may have been almost 17 million undiagnosed COVID-19 infections in addition to the known 3 million cases, or about five times more than officially reported, according to a study in Science Translational Medicine yesterday.
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in an adult deer found dead in early May in the Wisconsin city of Brooklyn, marking the state's first such case in Green Lake County, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) said late last week.
WHO officials warn that a steady global decline is slowing, with surges in all global regions.
"The Delta variant is the biggest threat in the United States to eliminating COVID-19," advisor Anthony Fauci warns.
Family members report problems with bonding with the ICU team, understanding their loved ones' condition, and managing their feelings in isolation.
Implementing daily, pharmacist-driven antifungal stewardship activities at a tertiary care hospital in Turkey was associated with significant improvements in the appropriateness of antifungal therapy, Turkish researchers reported yesterday in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
Non-White children may receive less COVID-19 testing and experience higher COVID-19 infections, COVID-19 severity, and hospitalization duration, according to a study yesterday in JAMA Pediatrics.
One study finds a lower risk of cardiovascular dysfunction, and the other shows no lessening in disease severity.
The production hub is designed to boost vaccine supplies in the region for current and future outbreaks.
