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Only 27% of 108 poor countries register all the insulins classified as essential meds by the WHO.
Of the nation's top 12 chains, 8 received an "F" grade for their antibiotic policies.
Study finds a considerable burden of fatigue and "brain fog" in COVID long-haulers.
Nearly three of four US high school students report one or more adverse experiences contributing to poor mental health and suicidal behaviors amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
The vaccine, which targets Omicron subvariants, is approved for kids as young as 5.
One study shows a link between symptomatic COVID-19 and poor quality of life later on.
COVID-19 vaccination may protect pregnant women and their fetuses against virus-related placentitis (inflammation of the placenta) and stillbirth, concludes a review study published today in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. The research will also be presented next week at ID Week in Washington, DC.
A report today in Emerging Infectious Diseases highlights increased detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) in Latin America and the Caribbean during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The researchers were able to isolate infectious virus from 2 samples, including an air sample.
People lied mostly over a desire for normalcy and personal freedom.
A new global estimate of people who experienced long-COVID symptoms after having symptomatic COVID infection suggests that 6.2% reported one of three long-term symptom clusters, an international research group reported yesterday in JAMA.
Omicron was tied to a lower risk of maternal critical care (0.3% vs 1.8%) and preterm birth (1.8% vs 4.2%).
Of 219 patients, 216 (99%) reported sexual or close intimate contact in the 21 days before symptom onset.
A US study of almost 17,000 patients finds modest two-dose Pfizer COVID vaccine effectiveness (VE) against hospitalization and emergency department (ED) admission for Omicron BA.1 (the original Omicron variant) and the BA.2 subvariant, but three-dose VE was 79% and 71% for hospitalization, respectively, and 72% and 21% for ED visits.
A simulated client study in Ethiopia found a high rate of non-prescription antibiotic dispensing at community pharmacies, researchers reported today in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Teens reported low physical activity, poor quality of life, and high rates of anxiety and depression in 2020.
COVID activity continued to rise in many European countries last week, up 14% compared to the previous week, in people ages 65 and older, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said today in a regular update.
In the United States, COVID indicators continue to fall, with the BA.5 Omicron variant still dominant, but newer subvariants are slowly making more of a mark.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
The results of a randomized clinical trial in Slovenia suggest that a 7-day course of antibiotics for a rash caused by Lyme disease is noninferior to a 14-day course, researchers reported yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Children who had an underlying illness were at greatest risk for severe COVID-19 and death, but those who were vaccinated were fairly well protected, according to an observational study presented this week at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference & Exhibition in Anaheim, California.
