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New data from a study by Swedish researchers indicates meropenem is an effective alternative empirical treatment option for adults who have community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis (ABM). The findings appeared yesterday in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
California Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday signed two bills that limit medical exemptions for vaccines in schoolchildren.
People often turn first to local clinics, which aren't as prepared to detect the virus.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today it has received reports of 7 more measles cases last week, lifting the number of confirmed cases this year to 1,241 from 31 states. However, it noted that only 2 of the patients were recently sick and that the other 5 are past cases.
More than 80% of the dogs' positive findings are in the general hospital environment.
Response efforts face challenges like continued insecurity, unrest, community resistance, and funding shortages.
A study of antibiotic resistance surveillance systems and gross national income (GNI) in 67 countries suggests that low-income status is linked to higher rates of invasive infections caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens, German and Italian researchers reported today in The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Two new cases of wild poliovirus in Afghanistan and several cases of vaccine-derived polio in a handful of other countries were noted today in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's (GPEI's) weekly update. Myanmar, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Ethiopia all recorded vaccine-derived cases.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Five new infections and 5 new fatalities raise the total to 3,054 cases and 2,050 deaths.
Facebook yesterday announced the launch of new features to battle vaccine misinformation on Facebook and Instagram, a move that was applauded by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for refusing to provide documents related to the EPA's decision to allow expanded use of medically important antibiotics on citrus trees.
Researchers find no difference in health worker infections from flu, other viruses.
The group again voiced no preference to the flu shot or inhaled vaccine for kids.
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed 6 more Ebola infections, raising the overall outbreak total to 3,049, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) online dashboard today. Also, outbreak responders are still investigating 327 suspected cases.
Ten more people died from their infections, raising the fatality count to 2,045.
A girl diagnosed in Uganda may have acquired her infection in a healthcare facility, the WHO says.
Officials confirm 19 new cases and declare the outbreak in Brooklyn over after almost a year.
Genentech, part of the Roche Group, yesterday announced promising phase 3 trial findings for the use of one-dose baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) to safely treat flu in children, according to results presented on Sep 1 during the Options X Congress in Singapore.
CARB-X today announced an award of more than $1.6 million to biopharmaceutical company SutroVax of Foster City, Calif., to develop a vaccine to prevent infections caused by Group A Streptococcus.
Cases have now reached 3,017, and a new hot spot in Ituri province has developed.
