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The CDC says the surging H3N2 strain is especially tough on older adults.
China reports a highly pathogenic H7N9 avian flu outbreak, its first since September 2017.
"This outbreak has gone on far too long," WHO chief says.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today said measles case counts have reached 314 cases in 15 states—46 more cases than the agency reported in a Mar 18 update. For comparison, the CDC reported 372 cases for all of 2018.
A new study in the Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy shows that the use of peer comparison reports based on prescriber specialty was tied to less use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics throughout a large community-hospital system.
Originally published by CIDRAP News Mar 21
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) today issued updated guidelines on the management of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) that reinforce previous recommendations to avoid overdiagnosis of urinary tract infection and unnecessary antibiotic treatment.
As has been the case, California, Florida, New York, and Texas reported half of all TB cases.
The H3N2 recommendation reflects a change from the current Northern Hemisphere vaccine.
Cases have hit 991, and a baby recently became one of the 614 deaths.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last month quietly downgraded its travel restriction guidelines for pregnant women, the Washington Post reported yesterday.
The past 5 days have seen 44 Ebola cases, including 12 today, though officials have noted fewer cases in children.
Researchers at a large tertiary-care teaching hospital in Chicago reported today in Infection Control and Epidemiology that more than a third of healthcare workers were contaminated with a multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) after caring for patients infected or colonized with the bacteria, and that errors in doffing personal protective equipment increased the risk of contamination.
Cases have climbed to 968, including 606 deaths, and the WHO details more violence and infected health workers.
Though incidence is down, treatment success for resistant strains is low.
The University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) today announced the launch of the Chronic Wasting Disease Response, Research, and Policy Program (CWD Program) to address the wildlife disease crisis and the potential for zoonotic spread and human-to-human transmission. CIDRAP is the publisher of CIDRAP News.
More than half of postgraduate hospital trainees self-reported that they come to work while experiencing influenza-like illness (ILI) symptoms, despite also saying that doing so poses a risk to patients, according to a study yesterday in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Alongside the slew of new cases, 12 more people died from their infections, as violence continued against outbreak responders.
The drug cut the incidence of C difficile by 2.4 percentage points—a 71% relative risk reduction.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today said measles counts have now grown to 268 cases in 15 states—62 more cases than the agency reported in a Mar 4 update. For comparison, the CDC reported 372 cases for all of 2018.
