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Wuhan is reporting its first local cases since May of 2020, as multiple cities track new infection clusters.
A single-center study of terminal cancer patients found a high rate of antibiotic use within the last 30 days of life, with significantly lower use among those who asked for limited antimicrobial treatment, researchers reported yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
A new study based on data from Hong Kong shows a rising incidence of myopia, or short-sightedness, in children during the COVID-19 pandemic, possibly linked to increasing time spent indoors and on screens. The study was published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
The nation's cases are concentrated in area where vaccine uptake is low, with Florida and Texas making up one in three US cases in the past week.
Meanwhile, Indonesia says it is past its peak, though test positivity remains high, as is the threat to more rural areas.
The mechanisms behind the strong link the researchers found could be from many factors, from impaired cardiac or respiratory function to impaired immune response.
Saudi Arabia reported a second MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) case from Riyadh in the month of July, and, like the first case, involving a man who had contact with camels, according to notification from the country's ministry of health (MOH).
The patient is age 65, is not a health worker, and isn't thought to have contracted the virus from another sick person.
Researchers found that different age-groups had different associations with various COVID-19 symptoms, according to a Lancet Digital Health study late last week. The study was evaluating an artificial intelligence (AI) model for early COVID-19 detection (1 to 3 days of symptom onset).
A randomized clinical trial found 7 days of antibiotics noninferior to 14 days.
Several factors, not just the more transmissible Delta variant, are fueling rise that threatens oxygen and medical supplies, especially in lower income countries.
Findings suggest that the ligering effects may be part of "long COVID" and shine a light on more research questions, such as what memory type is involved and if there are racial differences.
Breakthrough COVID-19 cases may be as infectious as those in unvaccinated people, says the CDC.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Jul 29
A new report from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) shows a global decline in the use of antimicrobials in animals.
US COVID-19 vaccine disparities (CVD) were linked with income, education, political views, and race, according to a study yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Meanwhile, Africa's vaccine supply show improvements, and Delta-driven surges increase in parts of Asia and the Middle East.
Most cases were mild to moderate, but 1 in 5 patients had long COVID symptoms.
The president also unveiled a new incentive plan and asked school districts to make more vaccine available for kids 12 and older.
Vaccine effectiveness (VE) for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine against COVID-19 was 91% up to 6 months after the second dose, according to a non–peer-reviewed study published yesterday on the preprint server medRxiv.
The CDC says it's up to state and local officials to determine appropriate mask use, based on metrics.
