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A study by researchers from Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University highlights the risk of Clostridiodes difficile infection (CDI) among COVID-19 patients linked to antibiotic use. The findings appeared in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Doctors Without Borders sounds the alarm about catastrophic disease spread in Yemen.
"It's more convenient, patients are happier, we get the information we need, and we can open up more slots for other patients."
Also, a report says the CDC combines the results of viral and antibody tests, clouding the pandemic picture.
Infection rates in Dutch and Chinese health workers were higher among those reporting no COVID-19 patient contact.
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified 33 cases of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi in the United States linked to travel in Pakistan and Iraq, according to an update today in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
An investigation into a wedding-related COVID-19 outbreak in Jordan found a high transmission rate and a high rate of asymptomatic carriers, researchers from Jordan reported yesterday in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Also, CDC sources say the White House has kept the agency out of key decisions.
A long-standing practice of using antibiotics to test for TB is unreliable for diagnosing the disease.
The head of PAHO says, "We are increasingly worried about the poor and other vulnerable groups."
Of 1,150 adults hospitalized in New York City, 257 (22%) were critically ill, and 101 (39%) of them died.
The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) today announced that it—along with local public health officials—is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to contact with backyard chicks and ducklings that sickened 97 people in 28 states from Feb 26 to May 1.
A retrospective study of inpatients treated at 576 US hospitals in 2016 and 2017 found that nearly two-thirds received antibiotics, and that broad-spectrum antibiotic use was common, US researchers reported in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Researchers reveal that discharged patients who test positive for COVID-19 again don't appear to be contagious.
Chinese researchers have isolated live COVID-19 virus from the feces of several patients.
All 50 states will have begun the process of reopening their economies by the end of May.
"The hardest thing to do as a doctor is nothing, even if nothing is the right answer."
Church events held between Mar 6 and 11 at an Arkansas church—where the pastor and his wife were positive for COVID-19 and showing symptoms—led to 35 confirmed COVID-19 cases among 92 people (38%) who attended events. The super-spreading event is described today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
In other developments, some recently reopened states report increased cases, while automakers return to work and National Parks reopen.
