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States are grappling with how best to distribute vaccines to the most vulnerable residents as fast as possible.
Cases are surging in central and eastern Europe, as well as in the west, where new illness numbers are already high.
A study today in the journal Family Practice reports that a rapid, multi-viral point-of-care test for respiratory infections was easy to use, acceptable to patients and clinicians, and appeared to influence clinical reasoning about antibiotics.
A modeling study published yesterday in Science projects increased transmissibility of the B117 strain of COVID-19, also known as the UK strain, and warns that the strain could likely cause a resurgence of high virus activity in the United Kingdom and make 2021 a deadlier year than 2020.
In the northern Amazon basin where cases are spiking, ICUs in Brazil, Peru, and Colombia are filling up with COVID-19 patients.
It's striking that mental healthcare increased significantly at the same time that overall medical care fell.
Cases are leveling off just as the rate of the B117 variant climbs—a bad sign.
Two studies yesterday in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology provide a snapshot of dental antibiotic prescribing among Veterans Affairs (VA) dental patients.
The P1 variant that caused a second wave of COVID-19 infections in Manaus, Brazil, is more transmissible and from 25% to 61% of previously infected people may be susceptible to reinfection, according to a preprint, non–peer-reviewed study from researchers at the University of Sao Paulo, Imperial College London, and the University of Oxford.
Also, the WHO details COVAX rollout and hot spot nations that contributed to a weekly rise in cases, the first in 6 weeks.
Two doses of the Pfizer vaccine were 85% to 90% effective against symptomatic illness in those 70 and older.
Low-resource nations have borne the brunt of shaky oxygen supply chains, even before COVID.
Also, some lawmakers ask officials to examine delaying 2nd vaccine doses.
Nearly three fourths of US women with an uncomplicated urinary tract infection get antibiotics longer than necessary.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed a new case of Listeria monocytogenes in an outbreak associated with queso fresco made by El Abuelito Cheese Inc, raising the total number of cases to 11.
After vaccination with an mRNA-based COVID-19 shot, antibody levels for immunoglobulin G (IgG) were higher in the short term in healthcare workers (HCWs) who had previous COVID-19 infections than those who had never had the disease, according to a research letter published yesterday in JAMA.
After a 6-week decline, global COVID-19 cases are on the rise again, a worrisome development.
Instead of taking samples before and after travel, the researchers assessed daily samples.
The Guinea outbreak has reached 17 cases, and the CDC has issued public health and travel-related measures.
Availability of the J&J vaccine will be limited for weeks.
