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A study of 42 million US patient visits for antibiotic-inappropriate acute respiratory infections (ARIs) found that more than 10% received an antibiotic prescription, with providers in urgent care clinics and southern states among the most likely prescribers, US researchers reported this week in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
New data show the Omicron variant spreads more easily by asymptomatic people.
Those who got a third dose had 12.8 cases per 100,000 person-days, vs 116 in the unboosted.
Yesterday the US reported 1.35 million new COVID-19 cases, the most any nation has ever reported in 1 day.
A new review of the antibiotic development pipeline finds that there are relatively few clinically differentiated products in late-stage clinical development, especially against critical, multidrug-resistant pathogens, an international team of researchers reported yesterday in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
US Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) have been critical to providing COVID-19 vaccinations to low-income and racial minority populations, finds a study yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
A key MRSA strain appears to predate, by more than 100 years, the advent of the antibiotic era.
As hospital bed occupancy nears record levels, a quarter of US hospitals report critical staffing shortages.
The vaccine was 91% protective against MIS-C, a rare inflammatory disorder.
T cells induced by infection with coronaviruses such as those that cause the common cold might help protect against COVID-19, finds a small UK study today in Nature Communications.
In another study, researchers found a third vaccine dose boosts immune response in cancer patients.
Only 15% of younger children are vaccinated, compared with more than half of adolescents.
Countries took new steps to slow the spread, and new UK data show boosters provide strong protection against severe Omicron infection.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Indian researchers yesterday reported on a hospital outbreak of two strains of extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Their findings appeared in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.
Despite anecdotal reports of alternations in menstrual cycle following COVID-19 vaccination, a study looking at the connection found little impact. A research team based at Oregon Health & Science University published their findings this week in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
For the week ending Jan 1, most US flu indicators rose, with the season still dominated by H3N2 and now affecting a range of age-groups and hitting the northeastern and central regions hardest, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its latest weekly update.
A study by Italian researchers found only 42% of COVID patients had impaired sense of taste 7 months after infection.
Authors include some members of Biden's COVID-19 transition team, who push for a long-term approach.
Cases are up in all world regions, especially the Americas and Southeast Asia, leading to the pandemic's highest daily totals.
Yesterday a new preprint study out of Israel showed the efficacy of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine waned in 12- to 17-year-olds in a similar pattern seen in adult recipients. Within 5 month after completing the initial two-dose vaccinations series, protection against infection with SARS-CoV-2 dropped to 58%. The study was published on the preprint server medRxiv.
