Late last week the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) posted an outbreak notice about an Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak related to mixed leafy greens.
UK researchers estimate that an additional 2, 1, and 6 cases of myocarditis occur per 1 million people in the week after one dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford, Pfizer/BioNTech, and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, respectively, while a positive SARS-CoV-2 test was tied to much higher odds of that and other serious heart conditions.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today recommended the RTS,S malaria vaccine for children in sub-Saharan Africa and other areas of moderate and high Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission. The recommendation paves the way for global health groups to make funding and vaccine rollout plans and for countries to decide whether to include vaccination in their malaria control programs.
High-risk adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 who receive a dose of casirivimab and imdevimab have lower hospitalization rates than those who don't, according to a randomized, controlled trial today in The Lancet's EClinicalMedicine. The casirivimab and imdevimab combination is under emergency use authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Discontinuing antibiotics for uncomplicated respiratory tract infections (RTIs) when a physician has determined that antibiotics aren't needed is a safe strategy for reducing unnecessary antibiotic use, according to the results of a randomized clinical trial published yesterday in Clinical Microbiology and Infection.
Saudi Arabia reported a second MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) case from Riyadh in the month of July, and, like the first case, involving a man who had contact with camels, according to notification from the country's ministry of health (MOH).
The patient is age 65, is not a health worker, and isn't thought to have contracted the virus from another sick person.
Out of 574 multiple-occupancy dorm rooms, roommate transmissions occurred only 20% of the time, according to a study during the fall 2020 semester at the University of Colorado Boulder.
High doses of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in conjunction with an anticoagulant were associated with resolved vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) in three patients, according to a report yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
VITT occurs when antibodies attack protein factor 4 (PF4), leading to blood clumping and clots.
Patients in Malaysia hospitalized with pneumonia in 2017 and 2018 tested positive for the first human-infecting canine coronavirus.
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) today reported a new MERS-CoV case, which involves a 36-year-old man who died from his infection.
The man was from Hafr Al-Batin in the country's northeast. An investigation found that the man had been exposed to camels. He wasn't a healthcare worker and isn't thought to have contracted MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) from another person.
