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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.
The global total tops 30 million cases only 4 days after surpassing 29 million.
The authors of one study say those with COVID should isolate from people and animals.
Also, the CDC reverses itself on controversial testing guidance.
Those receiving the antibiotic as well as drugs that prolong the QT interval had more cardiac events.
Increased age, male sex, non-Hispanic black ethnicity, and certain underlying health conditions are associated with a greater risk of hospitalization from COVID-19, according to an analysis of data from more than 5,000 hospitalized adults. A group based at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported its findings today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
To better track the neurologic chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking hunters for deer heads from harvested deer and will have a digital option for entering CWD testing information, according to a DNR news release yesterday.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A report today from a British think tank says critical gaps remain in the United Kingdom's efforts to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and it calls for more focus on vaccines, diagnostic, and public awareness.
About 14% of cases worldwide involve healthcare worker, and the rate is as high in 35% in some countries.
A higher quality rating was tied to fewer outbreaks.
CDC director says a vaccine likely won't be widely available till next spring or summer.
The results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial show that intravesical bacteriophage treatment was non-inferior to standard-of-care antibiotic treatment and safe for treating urinary tract infection (UTI) patients, but it was not superior to placebo in terms of efficacy or safety, researchers reported yesterday in the Lancet Infectious Diseases.
High SARS-CoV-2 viral load at hospital admission may place patients with and without cancer at higher risk for death, a new multicenter observational study published in Cancer Cell suggests.
India reports 93,824 new cases, continuing its trend of reporting more daily cases than any other nation.
HHS and the Defense Department release 2 documents that outline steps to deliver vaccine.
Tweets on surveillance, technical info, treatment, and symptoms were most likely to be shared.
