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Officials say too many people globally remain unvaccinated, driving disease spread.
A new Canadian study shows visits for mental health and substance abuse problems by physicians increased 27% during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is published in JAMA Network Open.
A review of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) treatments at 10 community hospitals found that only 50% of treatment regimens were adherent to guidelines regarding use of fidaxomicin, researchers reported today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
Experts back booster shots in high-priority groups and a reduced vaccine dose for children 5 to 11 years old.
"With rapid antigen tests, positive results are generally meaningful, but negative results have to be taken with a grain of salt."
A third mRNA vaccine dose results in fewer Omicron deaths, hospitalizations, and cases, 3 studies find.
Researchers estimate that more than 1.2 million people died from superbugs in 2019.
A cohort study of more than 2,000 US and Canadian women indicates that COVID-19 vaccination does not impair fertility—but men who become infected with SARS-CoV-2 may experience short-term reduced fertility, according to surveys of the women's partners.
In a phase 3 trial, an investigational oral microbiome therapy was superior to placebo in reducing the risk of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, researchers reported yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Meanwhile, officials in Denmark and Norway say an Omicron subvariant called BA.2 is increasing rapidly.
New York, Boston, Denver, the Twin Cities, and San Diego have all likely peaked, according to sampling.
A third dose of COVID-19 vaccine successfully raises antibody levels that neutralize the Omicron variant, according to laboratory findings from UK scientists published yesterday in The Lancet.
The respirators will be distributed at community health centers and pharmacies across the country.
Southeast Asia reported the steepest increase, followed by the Eastern Mediterranean region.
The nocebo effect can happen because of preconceived notions in volunteers.
A small University of California study finds no evidence that breast milk from mothers infected with SARS-CoV-2 transmits the virus to their babies.
The study, published today in Pediatrics Research, involved polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of 285 samples and viral culture of 160 samples of breast milk from 110 women with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
A new paper in Nature Communications describes the use of a pre-adapted bacteriophage in combination with antibiotics to treat a patient with a fracture-related, pandrug-resistant (PDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae infection.
Steps include launching a US international pandemic preparedness project and appointing a global health security envoy.
Though cases appear to be plateauing in some Eastern cities, hospitalizations are still high across the country.
