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A survey of US caregivers found that more than 1 in 10 either planned or had already administered a nonprescription antibiotic (NPA) to their child, researchers reported last week in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.
Guinea's ministry of health (MOH) has confirmed the country's first Marburg virus case, also marking the first in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office said today in a statement.
Also, Asian countries continue to grapple with new cases, with Japan reporting another record daily high.
Reducing resistance may require more than cutting antibiotic use alone.
Secondary attack rates dropped from 31% to 11% if the index patient was vaccinated.
COVID-19 antibodies remained 7 months' post-infection, with some even increasing in levels, according to a follow-up study of 578 healthcare workers at the Hospital Clínic at Barcelona. The results, which were published today in Nature Communications, also include evidence that exposure to common cold coronaviruses may contribute to some cross protection.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Chinese officials reported two more H5N6 avian influenza infections in patients from two different provinces, raising the country's total this year to 13, the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said today in a statement.
As the US COVID surge continues, Anthony Fauci, MD, says, "The end game is vaccination."
The antibody cocktail reduced the risk of COVID-19 by 66% to 81%.
About 500,000 cases are being added to the global total each day, and the Delta variant is now in 135 countries.
A study involving simulated patients found that dispensing antibiotics without a prescription is common in Indonesian drug stores and pharmacies, despite regulations against it, researchers reported this week in BMJ Global Health.
Myocarditis and pericarditis both saw increased prevalence in COVID-19 vaccine recipients compared with a pre-vaccine period of January 2019 to January 2021, with the incidence still rare but higher than in previous studies, according to a JAMA research letter yesterday.
The global total nears 200 million cases, led by surges in Asia and the Middle East.
UK data show less than 1 in 20 kids with COVID-19 have symptoms that persist for longer than 4 weeks.
Tyson Foods and Microsoft announce that all employees will need to show proof of vaccination.
Discontinuing antibiotics for uncomplicated respiratory tract infections (RTIs) when a physician has determined that antibiotics aren't needed is a safe strategy for reducing unnecessary antibiotic use, according to the results of a randomized clinical trial published yesterday in Clinical Microbiology and Infection.
COVID-19 patients who had received the flu vaccine 6 months to 2 weeks prior to diagnosis were less likely to have sepsis, stroke, and—with some time constraints—deep vein thrombosis (DVTs) and admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) or emergency department (ED), according to a study yesterday in PLOS One.
The milestone comes as the US continues to battle surging cases and hospitalizations.
While any text message helped, language encouraging ownership was most effective.
