Chagas Disease

News Scan for Apr 14, 2021

ED stewardship intervention tied to reduced prescribing for viral infections

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.

Emergency room antibiotic stewardship
Funding for antibiotic development
Rising US STD rates
Chagas disease in the Americas

News Scan for May 08, 2018

UK health officials issue draft guidance for UTI treatment

The United Kingdom's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) today issued draft guidance for the treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs).

UK guidance on UTIs
Chagas disease in Americas
Cholera vaccination in Bangladesh
Flu vaccine and infant pneumonia

News Scan for Aug 30, 2017

MERS detected in 2 more Saudi household contacts

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.

Saudi MERS cases
New Chagas drug
Avian flu outbreaks
Ebola progression
Cholera in Yemen
High C diff rates

News Scan for Nov 11, 2016

More animal trial results for Zika vaccine, Florida's local cases grow

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.