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Experts say the lack of diagnostic capacity in low- and middle-income nations promotes inappropriate antibiotic use and limits surveillance of drug-resistant pathogens.
COVID-19 patients requiring mechanical ventilation are 16 times more likely than non-severely ill peers to experience ventricular tachycardia, data show.
Public health messages that focus on protecting others are more effective at increasing vaccination rates than messages focused on protecting oneself, new research finds.
The drug combines sulbactam with a novel, broad-spectrum beta-lactamase inhibitor and targets Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex.
After a rise in flu activity in late January, led mainly by the 2009 H1N1 strain and influenza B, levels are declining again.
The effect was not seen, however, in patients who did not require supplemental oxygen or noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation.
Both studies found the combinations were effective and safe, although the authors said the monoclonal antibody duo is unlikely to work against the Omicron variant.
The move is designed to shore up immunity in the most vulnerable groups, as federal officials look at vaccine composition changes and plan a fall vaccine push.
Symptom-based testing identified long COVID in 30% of hospitalized patients and 17% of outpatients, whereas diagnostic codes captured only 2.6% and 0.5% of those cases.
The virus that infected a man in Chile is nearly identical to H5N1 in wild birds in the country.
Researchers report that a high dose of a novel oral microbiome-directed therapy prevented recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection.
A team of surgeons and clinicians highlight the complexity and multidrug-resistant, polymicrobial nature of some of the war wounds they are seeing.
Producers should reduce long-term inequities in access to medical liquid oxygen in low- and middle-income countries, experts say.
The outbreak has grown to 16 confirmed cases, 11 of which were fatal, in addition to 23 probable cases, all fatal.
The wild deer—a 3-year-old doe —tested positive in the town of Nepeuskun.
This is the first known study linking breathlessness and sleep disturbances, two common symptoms noted during and following COVID-19 infection.
Poultry farms have tightened biosecurity, preventing farm-to-farm spread. Meanwhile, USDA officials expect poultry vaccine trial results over the next few months.
The study of antibiotic resistance genes in the gut microbiome suggests antibiotic use is not the only factor that influences resistance.
People with intellectual disabilities also saw higher rates of death from cancer, nervous and circulatory system diseases, external causes, and other natural causes during the pandemic.
The investigational metabolic modulator AXA1125 was tied to significantly less physical and cognitive fatigue, a small study finds.
