COVID-19 patients diagnosed as having schizophrenia spectrum disorder—but not those with mood or anxiety disorders—were linked to an increased risk of death, according to an observational cohort study published today in JAMA Psychiatry.
A study shows four out of five people with recent loss of smell and/or taste tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies, and 39.8% of those did not have a cough or fever.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new recommendations for the prevention and control of Staphylococcus aureus in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients.
A 2019 survey of clinical commissioning groups in England showed an increase in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs compared with the previous survey, according to a report yesterday from UK nonprofit The Patients Association.
Some low- and middle-income countries could see deaths due to HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria spike by as much as 10%, 20%, and 36%, respectively, over the next 5 years because of health service disruptions amid the COVID-19 pandemic and response, according to a modeling study published yesterday in The Lancet Global Health.
An algorithm designed to augment antibiotic prescribing in secondary care provided appropriate recommendations that were narrower in spectrum than current clinical practice, UK researchers reported in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Over the weekend and through today, officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed four more Ebola cases, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Ebola dashboard.
Saudi Arabia yesterday reported another lab-confirmed MERS-CoV infection, the second so far for November.
In its weekly flu update today, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the first pediatric flu deaths of the new season and noted that the nation's flu activity increased slightly last week but is still at low levels.
More than three fourths of adults don't know that HPV can cause anal, oral, and penile cancers, a new study finds.
