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Belgian and Dutch scientists confirm reinfections after recovery.
About 442,000 US children have been infected so far, the AAP says.
Seemingly healthy people with COVID-19 can spread the disease to others as soon as 2 days after infection, an analysis of a coronavirus cluster traced to four live music clubs in Osaka, Japan, shows.
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) yesterday released a new report on the antibiotic-resistant pathogens affecting animal health in the United States.
The data add to a mixed picture of the drug in randomized clinical trials.
Feds tout a 35% increase in survival, but the absolute improvement is closer to 3%, according to Mayo data.
A 5-pronged critique of messaging since the beginning of the pandemic and what we can learn to improve going forward.
Hong Kong researchers describe evidence of reinfection based on genetic sequencing of the virus.
A research letter published late last week in the Annals of Internal Medicine has found that about 40 million US adults who work or live with school-aged children have definite or possible risk factors for severe COVID-19, carrying implications for fall school reopenings.
Implementation of a core measure sepsis bundle by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was associated with an immediate and long-term increase in the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics for hospital-onset multidrug-resistant (MDR) organisms, researchers reported late last week in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
A new MMWR report details limited COVID spread in childcare centers.
Studies highlight high COVID rates, the role of mass testing, and intake screening.
Germany, France, Italy, and Poland are all reporting a surge in cases.
Cases in the Ebola outbreak in western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reached 100, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today, with cases nearly doubling in the past 5 weeks.
A comprehensive review of data submitted by more than 15,000 US nursing homes revealed that about 20% faced a staff shortage or severe shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) in early July, months into the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study in Health Affairs yesterday.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Aug 20
HHS rescinds FDA approval for COVID tests under an executive order from President Trump.
France, Germany, and Spain report their highest daily COVID-19 case counts since easing out of lockdowns.
The findings have implications for schools, daycares, and similar settings.
Implementation of a pharmacist-led antibiotic time-out (ATO) at an academic medical center was feasible and well-accepted, but did not change overall antibiotic use, researchers from the University of Nebraska Medical Center reported today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
