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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) yesterday released a toolkit to improve antibiotic use in long-term care facilities.
A new meta-analysis of 10 studies shows ivermectin (IVM), an anti-parasite drug, is not an effective treatment for COVID-19 and is not a viable treatment option for patients. The study was published yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Capitals of 3 of the country's 6 states are now in lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 and the threat of the Delta variant.
Death rates rose, too, but the change did not become significant until after 35 days.
The Biden administration is targeting about 55 million unvaccinated US adults, many under age 30.
The prevalence of the colistin-resistance gene MCR-1 in healthy residents of a Chinese city declined following China's ban on colistin as a growth promoter in livestock in 2017, researchers reported today in Clinical Microbiology and Infection. But seafood may be an emerging risk factor for MCR-1 colonization.
Duke University researchers developed a point-of-care test (POCT) that can detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and four other coronaviruses with 100% accuracy, according to initial test results from a small cohort published in Science Advances late last week.
America had a racial disparity and longevity problem before COVID-19, 2 new studies say.
Two UK studies estimate 65% to 80% protection for the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines.
Only about 150 of the more than 18,000 COVID-19 deaths in May were in fully vaccinated people.
Also, health officials in India fear another wave of infections from a variant related to Delta called Delta Plus.
A modeling study yesterday suggests that the first human case of COVID-19 likely occurred in or around November 2019 in China, with the most likely date of origin being Nov 17. The study was published in PLOS Pathogens.
Guidelines published yesterday by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) contain three new recommendations for treating adults who have Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
"Government action to date has failed to match the severity of the crisis," a new report says.
Twelve African nations battle surges, and Brazil records a daily high in COVID-19 cases.
According to CDC data, 65.6% of US adults have received at least 1 vaccine dose.
COVID-19 transmission among household members may be reduced 40% to 50% when a person has been vaccinated 21 days or more, according to a New England Journal of Medicine letter to the editor yesterday.
Only a few countries reported sporadic flu detection, mostly involving influenza B, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest global flu update, which covers the end of May and the first week of June.
Higher death and critical care rates are likely to strain hospitals, researchers say.
