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US hospitalizations are rising, and facilities are converting wards into ICUs and seeking more staff.
A Duke University study yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases found a 77% infection rate in children who were close contacts of a COVID-19 case, providing evidence for efficient viral transmission in children. Hispanic ethnicity and having a SARS-CoV-2–infected sibling were risk factors, but asthma was associated with reduced risk.
White House coronavirus task force head Deborah Birx warns the country is entering its most dangerous period.
Pregnant women had 3 times the risk of ICU care and mechanical ventilation.
Eight COVID-19 patients in Texas who have secondary carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) infections are receiving investigational bacteriophage therapy from biotechnology company Adaptive Phage Therapeutics (APT), company officials announced yesterday.
In a case study of COVID-19 contact tracing during San Francisco's shelter-in-place period, of the 1,124 contacts traced, 1,017 (83.8%) were successfully notified, 457 (37.6%) were tested, and 120 (9.9%) were newly diagnosed.
The findings come as a report highlights rises in US nursing home cases, especially in the Midwest.
The 7-day average of new daily SARS-CoV-2 infections is higher than 81,000.
A hypothesis that says mask wearing could reduce the infectious dose is dangerous, some experts say.
The head of the WHO warns that ongoing surges in Europe and North America mark a critical moment for action.
Hospital room floors could be an underappreciated source of healthcare-associated pathogen spread, including those resistant to antibiotics, according to a study today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
A PLOS Medicine study late last week found double the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and a threefold higher mortality than in COVID-19–negative patients. Men, nonwhite patients, and those with comorbidities were at increased risk of developing AKI with COVID-19.
Colorado, Illinois, and New Mexico report record daily cases, and illness levels are rising in 42 states.
Of HCWs with high-risk exposure, 7% tested positive, but 13% exposed outside the workplace tested positive.
Belgium becomes another European country to announce a national lockdown.
The drug reduced viral loads by a factor of 3.4 at one dosage tested.
Telemedicine visits for urinary tract infections (UTIs) were associated with more appropriate antibiotic prescribing and decreased use of diagnostic and follow-up resources than virtual visits, according to the results of a primary care network study published yesterday in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
New data released today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) show that household transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is common, occurs early after illness onset, and can originate from both children and adults.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
In vaccine news, Moderna looks to having phase 3 trial results before December.
