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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.
"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.
WHO officials warn that a steady global decline is slowing, with surges in all global regions.
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.
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.
Two CDC studies today spotlight lower COVID-19 vaccination rates in young adults compared with older Americans.
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.
In Brooklyn, New York, communities with higher rates of poverty and minorities may have less access to COVID-19 vaccination sites, according to a JAMA Network Open research letter late last week.
Respiratory virus detections and ambulatory antibiotic prescribing rates for respiratory tract infections (RTIs) fell dramatically during the pandemic compared with previous years, a finding that could have implications for future antibiotic stewardship and public health strategies, researchers from the University of Wisconsin reported today in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Russian authorities say 89% of Moscow's cases are due to the Delta variant.
Most poll respondents said they were resuming prepandemic activities, including visiting family and dining in bars and restaurants.
Mobile vaccination clinics and scheduling, as well as varied educational resources, may improve vaccination equity.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Nearly 40% of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in an integrated healthcare system in Denver were longer than necessary, researchers reported yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said this week that it's investigating a cluster of tuberculosis (TB) infections in patients who've recently undergone spinal surgery that used a single lot of a bone repair product.
Some African countries that have vaccine are having challenges deploying it, even some that are experiencing surges.
Though US COVID-19 cases have dropped sharply, progress is uneven, with some regions vulnerable to further surges.
The latest epidemiological analyis showed a 11-day doubling time, and lab studies yielded new details on vaccine protection against Delta.
