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Fully 61% of guards and 36% of healthcare staff at California prisons were not vaccinated as of Jun 30, 2021.
More than a third of new mothers early in the COVID-19 pandemic had symptoms of postpartum (after-birth) depression—nearly triple pre-pandemic levels—and one in five had major depressive symptoms, with symptoms for both disorders higher in women who fed their babies formula, according to a study yesterday in BMC Research Notes.
In the US, COVID-19 measures continue to decline as scientists assess if an additional booster is needed.
The study involved 101 US federal prisons and their surrounding counties from May 2020 through January 2021.
The outbreaks in backyard flocks bring the number of affected states this year to 13, the USDA says.
Late last week in Emerging Infectious Diseases, South Korean researchers reported that average time from exposure to COVID-19 diagnosis was 3.7 days in quarantined close contacts of patients infected by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and that 99.1% of diagnoses occurred by day 10, supporting a 10-day quarantine.
Data show 4 months of antituberculosis treatment non-inferior to the standard 6-month treatment.
The global COVID death toll is closer to 18.2 million through 2021, with wide regional variations, data indicate.
A large North Carolina study finds no elevated risk in kids and teens who have asthma.
In the US, a new study on Pfizer vaccine effectiveness in kids shows solid 2-dose COVID-19 protection.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said COVID-19 vaccine uptake among children 5 to 11 years old in the United States remained low during the first 11 weeks of vaccine eligibility, especially in high social vulnerability index (SVI) areas. The research was published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
Venatorx Pharmaceuticals of Malvern, Pennsylvania, yesterday released promising data from a phase 3 trial of its investigational new drug for patients with complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs).
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Protection against hospital illness was 85% for 2 doses against Alpha and Delta and 86% for 3 doses against Omicron.
The absolute difference between an antiseptic drug and antibiotics has limited clinical significance.
In the US, lawmakers scramble to find funding for COVID-19 activities.
Delaware, Maryland, and Missouri report new highly pathogenic avian flu outbreaks.
A study of children 3 years old or younger who were hospitalized for uncomplicated community-associated pneumonia (CAP) found that a significant proportion did well without a full course of antibiotics, researchers reported yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
While Medicare beneficiary hospitalizations for non–COVID-19 diagnoses fell sharply in March and April 2020 and stayed low through September 2021, death rates after hospitalization rose substantially—particularly for Black and Hispanic patients, finds a study yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
The United States continues to report the most COVID-19 fatalities of any country.
