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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday announced a Salmonella Stanley outbreak linked to dried mushrooms in dishes served at ramen restaurants that has so far sickened 41 people in 10 states.
Today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) provides updated information from voluntary reports on 100,570 healthcare personnel (HCP) with COVID-19 from February to July that shows variations in risk, including higher death rates in minority workers.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A report this week from Australian health officials shows a consistent decline in the country's antibiotic use.
In one study, 25.5% of patients had low viral loads in April, but the rate climbed to 70% in June.
"What we can change is where we are in October, and into the winter," Canadian PM Justin Trudeau says.
A large study of German patients presented online at this week's European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Conference on Coronavirus Disease found that men have a 62% higher risk of death from COVID-19, possibly due to higher levels of inflammation.
The GAO offers 16 actions to address "catastrophic loss of life and profound economic disruption."
"To sustain these gains, we must continue our disciplined mitigation efforts."
The WHO calls on nations to counter misinformation about COVID-19.
The Florida Department of Health (Florida Health) this week announced that a second local dengue case has been reported from Miami-Dade County, and last week it confirmed another local dengue case in Monroe County, raising the total in the county, which includes the Florida Keys, to 56.
A study released this week shows a 40% asymptomatic rate among healthcare workers (HCW) testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 at the time of screening—meaning they had no symptoms compatible with a COVID-19 diagnosis—raising concerns about silent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare settings.
Blacks and Hispanics were 1.9 and 1.8 times, respectively, more likely than whites to test positive.
Facilities with higher rates of minorities had almost 4 times the COVID-19 cases.
Deaths outpace an earlier projection, more upheaval keeps the US response unsteady, and new developments add clarity to vaccine expectations.
Health officials in Massachusetts recently reported the state's fifth eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) case of the year, involving a woman in her 60s who was exposed in Plymouth County, where a similar was detected earlier this month in an area known to be at higher risk.
CARB-X announced today that it will award drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) up to $7.51 million to develop a drug to treat and prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs) caused by Escherichia coli.
India, with 5.5 million cases, is closing in on the US, which has 6.8 million.
One involves a symptomatic passenger who likely infected at least 12 others.
The CDC again waffles on guidance, this time regarding the mode of virus spread.
Acute stress and depression rates rose in US adults as COVID-19 cases and deaths accumulated from mid-March to mid-April, largely related to preexisting mental and physical conditions and stressors such as job and wage loss, according to a study of 6,514 people from three large, nationally representative cohorts.
