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Point prevalence surveys at high-acuity long-term care facilities in Chicago indicate that ventilator-capable skilled nursing facilities (vSNFs) are particularly vulnerable to Candida auris, a research team led by the Chicago Department of Public Health reported yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The global case total rose to just under 2 million, including more than 125,000 deaths.
If used for 30 seconds or more, a variety of hand sanitizers kill the virus.
"We have to have something in place that is efficient and that we can rely on."
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has confirmed a third Ebola case in a transmission chain linked to a health clinic in Beni. The patient is a 7-year-old girl.
"Control measures must be lifted slowly and with control. It cannot happen all at once."
Six East Coast and three West Coast governors band together to develop regional plans.
The authors say the findings "confirm that SARS-CoV-2 aerosol exposure poses risks."
Applying diagnostic stewardship to molecular testing for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) at a hospital system in California was associated with to a significant reduction in testing, cases, and costs, researchers reported today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported a second new Ebola case, which involves an 11-month-old girl who was treated at the same Beni hospital as a man whose illness was announced on Apr 10.
Though COVID-19 activity has transformed holiday celebrations, governors of at last 6 states and New Zealand's prime minister declare the Easter bunny an essential worker.
Historian John Barry shares what's the same, what's different, and talks about good COVID-19 leadership.
The head of the WHO says lifting restrictions too quickly could lead to a deadly resurgence.
Also, the CDC details geographic differences, and experts estimate the vast needs for protective equipment.
A paper yesterday in Current Opinion in Virology highlights a new effort led by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) to track the development of universal influenza vaccine technologies.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Apr 9
Just days before the World Health Organization (WHO) was prepared to declare the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said today that officials have confirmed a new case.
Washington, DC, Baltimore, and Philadelphia will likely be the next US hot spots, officials say.
Homemade masks may capture respiratory droplets, but no evidence shows they filter out aerosols, a new report says.
Global cases reach 1,579,690, including 94,567 deaths.
