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An automated text messaging system for adult COVID-19 outpatients developed at Penn Medicine saved two lives a week during the first US pandemic surge, and users were 68% less likely than controls to die, finds a study today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Most Americans will take precautions for Thanksgiving, a new poll shows, as a hold on a federal vaccine mandate is upheld.
About 65% of Austrians are vaccinated, a low level for Western Europe.
COVID-19, however, has slowed progress and much work remains, a global survey reveals.
Women need resources to navigate this uncertain time, the authors say.
Most respiratory protective equipment (RPE) used in healthcare is not designed for women or racial minorities amid a dearth of research into how facial dimensions across sex and race affect respirator performance, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published late last week in BMJ Global Health.
Antibiotic prescribing in general practice in England fell significantly during the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the previous year, according to data released last week by Antibiotic Research UK (ANTRUK).
Black, Hispanic, and Asian people are at higher risk for infection and an ICU stay, a large study finds.
In US developments, Colorado—in the grips of a COVID-19 surge—opened up vaccine boosters to all adults.
Though the nation's flu activity is still at low levels, the number of detections has increased in recent weeks, mostly due to the H3N2 strain and with 90% of cases in people ages 5 to 24, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in an update that covers last week.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Nov 11
A UK study yesterday in The Lancet finds that flu and COVID-19 vaccines can be safely co-administered.
Two doses offer 77.8% efficacy against symptomatic COVID-19 but about 65% against the Delta variant.
Dutch advisers have suggested a 2-week lockdown that would cancel events and close theaters but allow schools to stay open.
Several industry groups have sued the Biden administration over COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Positive COVID-19 test results were more than 10 times more common among unvaccinated, asymptomatic healthcare professionals (HCP) in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) long-term care facilities than among their fully vaccinated counterparts, according to a research letter yesterday in JAMA Network Open.
Non-prescription and irresponsible antibiotic use are prevalent across the world and are largely influenced by non-biomedical factors, an international team of researchers reported this week in Clinical Microbiology and Infection.
Mandates have cut the number of unvaccinated Americans by 40% from this summer, an official says.
Sleep-related hypoxia was tied to a 31% higher risk of hospitalization and death.
Missed measles vaccinations and eroded surveillance during COVID-19 are setting up a perfect storm.
