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The patient who died was described as being severely immune-compromised.
A single-center study in North Carolina showed that a multifaceted initiative was associated with a significant and sustainable decrease in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB; bacteria in the urine) and asymptomatic pyuria (ASP; elevated white blood cells in the urine), researchers reported today in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epide
Two Omicron SARS-CoV-2 subvariants—BA.5 and BA.4.6—increased their predominance last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its latest update.
Nearly 72% of US clinicians working in safety-net clinics had mild to intense moral distress.
The funds will support the first US-based fill-and-finish effort of Bavarian Nordic's Jynneos vaccine.
A randomized trial of children with diarrhea in two low-income countries found that use of an algorithm to predict the likelihood of viral etiology resulted in reduced antibiotic use in children who had a higher likelihood of viral illness, researchers reported today in JAMA Pediatrics.
Children aged 4 to 14 years can accurately self-collect nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing after viewing simple instructions, suggests a study late last week in JAMA.
With 137 newly confirmed infections, cases on the Diamond Princess reach 355.
mRNA booster protection against severe COVID-19 was 87% and didn't wane for 6 months.
Half of men who have MSM are changing their sexual behaviors because of the monkeypox outbreak.
One study describes an increase in US hospital deaths during a surge, 1 notes a rise in the risk of dying at home, and 1 notes decreased hospital deaths in New York City.
US national data show that 13% of visits for acute gastroenteritis resulted in a prescription for an antibiotic.
The prevalence of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in the United States declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, but inpatient mortality and treatment costs were higher, according to a paper published yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
"Insufficient awareness of public health measures are combining with a lack of access to vaccines."
The drugs reduced disease progression, hospitalization, and death in people 65 and older.
Central line-associated bloodstream infections, ventilator-associated events, and C difficile infections all increased.
At a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing today, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said COVID-19 deaths for 2022 alone passed 1 million this week, as he pressed countries to do more to vaccinate all healthcare workers, older people, and others at highest risk. Since the pandemic began in early 2020, 6,472,848 deaths have been reported, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.
Within days of confirming a new Ebola case in North Kivu province, medical teams in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today launched an Ebola vaccination campaign in Beni, the area where the fatal case was reported.
On Twitter, the World Health Organization (WHO) said it provided 200 vaccine doses and is supporting the country's ring vaccination campaign.
Beginning today, those getting a monkeypox vaccine in New York City will receive an intradermal injection of the Jynneos vaccine as part of a dose-sparing strategy. The city immediately opened 12,000 vaccine slots upon announcing the decision yesterday.
In other US news, North Carolina reported a pediatric monkeypox case.
