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The findings question the "more is better" mantra for preventing MRSA.
Data suggest the possibility that COVID-19 could be transmitted via respiratory, fecal-oral, or body fluid routes.
Also today, 79 more Diamond Princess infections were reported—raising cruise ship totals to 621— and the WHO details stepped-up response measures regarding the Westerdam ship in Cambodia.
Qatar's Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) yesterday confirmed a new MERS-CoV case in a 65-year-old man, the fourth case recorded in Qatar since December.
Research news includes evidence of person-to-person spread before symptoms.
HHS is partnering with Sanofi and Johnson & Johnson to develop vaccines and therapeutics.
The World Health Organization's (WHO's) online Ebola dashboard shows a case count of 3,433 today, with a single newly confirmed case. The death toll is now 2,249 in an outbreak that has lasted 18 months in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
CARB-X said today it has awarded Lytica Therapeutics, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, up to $5.3 million to develop antibacterial peptides that have broad activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria for treating lung and other infections.
A study of 44,672 cases reveals that 14% were severe and 5% critical.
Over the weekend and through today, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two MERS-CoV cases, bringing the total number of cases detected in February so far to eight.
A major reduction in the use of fluoroquinolones has driven a 12% decrease in total antibiotic use in Canadian hospitals in recent years, according to a new study in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.
Nearly a fourth of MRSA bloodstream infections were tied to injection drug use.
"The greatest risk is from an unsuspected patient in an unprepared hospital."
Officials will use the nation's flu surveillance system to detect the new coronavirus.
China confirms 5,090 new cases and 121 new deaths, raising the counts to 63,851 and 1,380, respectively.
US flu levels rose for the fourth straight week and are now approaching earlier peak levels, while 14 new flu-related pediatric deaths raised the fatalities in kids to 92 for the season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its weekly FluView report.
The United Kingdom yesterday announced the launch of a partnership with Nigeria, worth £10.7 million, to fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by improving public health surveillance, upgrading laboratory equipment, and training technicians.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Changed diagnostic criteria lead to 13,332 new cases, bringing China's total to near 60,000.
Ideally, anyone coming into a room with a COVID-19 patient should wear a tight-fitting respirator.
