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Yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine a study of Louisiana COVID-19 patients showed major racial and ethnic differences in both hospitalization rates and in-hospital deaths.
In Connecticut, 2.9% of asymptomatic pregnant women tested positive, while in Boston it was 1.5%.
Another study of hydroxychloroquine was paused to look for safety signals, with some nations banning its use.
Also, a new poll shows only about half of Americans saying yes to a vaccine once it's available.
A review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) has found no conclusive evidence that post-operative antibiotic prophylaxis reduces incidence of surgical-site infections, a finding that supports the World Health Organization's (WHO's) recommendation for discontinuation of the practice, researchers reported yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
A study yesterday in the Annals of Internal Medicine of more than 2,000 Europeans diagnosed as having mild to moderate COVID-19 shows that 87% reported loss of smell, and 56% reported taste dysfunction. The study suggests olfactory symptoms and taste disorders may be a common feature of COVID-19 infection.
Antibiotic use among sick children under the age of 5 increased 17% from 2005 to 2017.
Worries are also rising about the pandemic's impact on the healthcare of Latin Americans who have noncommunicable diseases, who make up 25% of the population.
The community infection rate dropped 58% after the orders were issued.
Health officials in St. Louis are calling for Lake of the Ozarks partygoers to quarantine for 14 days.
An assessment of community antibiotic prescribing in French children found high rates of prescribing for viral respiratory tract infections (RTIs) and broad-spectrum antibiotic use, particularly among clinicians 50 years and older, French researchers reported yesterday in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Low oxygen levels at hospital admission and signs of inflammation were the strongest predictors of serious COVID-19 illness and death in a prospective cohort study published late last week in BMJ.
The data show the antiviral drug cut recovery time from 15 to 11 days.
Also, hospitals in India and Chile are reaching their limits.
Experts say activity isn't under control in 24 states.
Results show 70% of Democrats vs. 37% of Republicans say they wear a mask when leaving the house.
The largest study to date on the use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine finds no benefit, but a higher risk of serious heart complications.
Researchers find that the vaccine was tolerable and immune-producing 28 days after vaccination.
Telemedicine can be a boon to clinics with large pandemic-related revenue hits.
Two studies show that rapid coronavirus testing helped contain outbreaks in long-term care facilities.
