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In both studies, patients receiving tocilizumab had about half the risk of dying.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola outbreak in Equateur province has risen to 51 cases, 48 confirmed, and 3 probable, reflecting an increase of 5 since Jul 9.
At a World Health Organization (WHO) media briefing today, Mike Ryan, MD, who leads the group's health emergencies program, said as of Jul 12, 20 deaths have been reported, 17 in confirmed cases and 3 in probable ones.
A multicenter observational study published late last week in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health identified 78 cases of the pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome tied to COVID-19 in the United Kingdom from Apr 1 to May 10—at least 11 times more than expected.
"We need leadership, community participation, and collective solidarity."
Nearly half of Florida's ICUs are almost full, and more than 20% are completely full.
A small study by Italian researchers found that more than 87% of patients who had recovered from acute COVID-19 still had at least one symptom 2 months after illness onset.
The study, published yesterday in a research letter to JAMA, assessed 143 patients treated for acute COVID-19 at a hospital in Rome in April and May. Patients were assessed a mean 60.3 days after onset of the first symptom.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Jul 7
CARB-X announced today that it is awarding $892,000 to Spanish biotechnology company Vaxdyn to develop a vaccine to prevent infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said there were 303 additional cases of cyclosporiasis in a multistate outbreak linked to bagged salads sold at major grocery stores.
The CDC said 509 people in eight states have been sickened. Thirty-three people have been hospitalized, but there have been no deaths.
The WHO posts a brief on transmission and launches a review panel.
Prison cases are 5.5 times higher—and death rates 3 times higher—than in the general population.
"Be mindful of what happens when you open up and throw caution to the wind," Tony Fauci says.
In household contacts, 14% who got a placebo developed flu, compared with 2% in the baloxavir group.
The AMR Action Fund will invest nearly $1 billion in smaller biotech firms.
In yet another study demonstrating racial disparities in the pandemic, a University of Chicago analysis has found that black people are twice as likely as whites to test positive for COVID-19.
Cases increased 20% in the Americas over the past week, and in Africa, cases in 22 countries have more than doubled over the past month.
In 62% of 911 emergency dispatches, the patient did not report COVID symptoms.
Task force coordinator Birx says harder-hit states should re-enter phase 1 of reopening.
At least 246 COVID-19 cases have been tied to reopened nightclubs in Seoul, South Korea, after the Apr 30 to May 5 Golden Week holiday, with 61% among contacts of nightclub revelers, according to a research letter published yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Tests have confirmed two more Ebola infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Equateur province outbreak, and both are patients from Mbandaka, the provincial capital, the country's multisector Ebola technical committee (CMRE) said today in an update.
Also, the WHO will meet with Chinese officials to probe the source of the virus.
