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In US counties with high COVID-19 case rates, nursing homes with low staff vaccine uptake saw more infections and deaths among residents than those with high staff vaccination rates, according to a research letter yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
Less intubation and mechanical ventilation was tied to the procedure, as were fewer deaths.
Also, the WHO says global COVID cases have plateaued for 2 straight weeks.
The networks represent the next steps in tackling superbugs nationwide.
The companies say they believe 2 doses will still protect against severe disease.
A new study presented at an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) meeting finds that influenza vaccination rates are low for people without a regular healthcare provider, at just 20.5%, as well as among minority groups.
Vaccine coverage among American adults with a regular provider was 44.5%, according to the research, which was presented yesterday at the society's midyear conference.
A study of 1,883 Canadian children and teens with newly diagnosed or atypical anorexia nervosa shows that rates of the disease rose 66%, and hospitalizations climbed 267%, per month during the first 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As much as 2% of COVID-19 cases in Denmark might be caused by Omicron.
Though the survey findings might not be surprising, the margin may be.
In addition to identifying an Omicron patient, health officials in Houston have confirmed the variant in wastewater.
A study conducted at a large teaching hospital in Tokyo found that most tests used to diagnose invasive fungal disease were inappropriate, Japanese researchers reported yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
The stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic have been particularly detrimental for the mental health of Black adults, finds a new US study in the Journal of Gerontology.
Though the Delta variant is still the dominant US strain, Omicron could one day overtake it.
Adults' blood pressures climbed during COVID-19, especially in women.
Only 2 of more than 160 patients were admitted to the ICU, the hospital report says.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) recently announced the first positive chronic wasting disease (CWD) test in a hunter-harvested deer in Union County, far from the nearest known positive finding in the state.
Today in Circulation, researchers report that most cases of rare yet potentially serious episodes of myocarditis related to COVID-19 vaccinations in teens and young adults were mild, and the case-patients recovered quickly.
Also, Delta variant activity continued at high levels in Europe, with worrisome signs in the UK.
Declines in prescribing, however, were in certain types of physicians only.
"If we want to protect the American people and our economy, we must defeat the virus everywhere."
