A pilot trial conducted at two emergency departments (EDs) found that audit and feedback with peer-to-peer comparisons reduced antibiotic prescribing for viral acute respiratory infections (ARIs) but not overall antibiotic use, researchers reported today in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
The United Kingdom's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) today issued draft guidance for the treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs).
Today the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new MERS-CoV cases in Dumah Al Jandal. At this time, it's not known if the new cases are related to a hospital outbreak in that city first reported at the beginning of August.
Researchers from the Wistar Institute and the Public Health Agency of Canada yesterday reported promising findings in mice and nonhuman primates for a DNA-based Zika vaccine developed by Inovio, GeneOne Life Sciences, and academic institutions.
