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Three more Ebola cases, one of them fatal, were reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) latest resurgence near Beni in North Kivu province, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) DRC office tweet today. The case total is now five including three deaths, said the World Health Organization (WHO) African regional office today on Twitter.
Also, vaccine mandates hit some snags as the rate of Americans getting booster shots nears 5%.
"Unfortunately, the public health workers who are the most experienced are also the ones who are the most burned out."
For the roughly 14 million Americans who have received one J&J dose, the booster should be given at least 2 months later.
Experts detail the necessary elements of a rigorous mask study and explore some recent studies that, though highly touted by both scientists and the lay press, fell quite a bit short.
A 17-study literature review looking at vaccine effectiveness (VE) during the Delta (B1617.2) variant shows a pooled VE of 90.9% versus hospitalization with a 75.7% and 63.1% VE against symptomatic and asymptomatic infection, respectively.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Implementing institution-specific guidelines (ISGs) for antimicrobial prescribing and use of diagnostics at a tertiary care hospital was associated with significant declines in antibiotic resistance rates and Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs), German researchers reported yesterday in PLOS One.
The experts voted unanimously to approve the booster in the same risk groups as for the Pfizer vaccine booster.
During a 14-day follow-up, only 8 of 144 infused patients (5.6%) were hospitalized, despite all being at high risk.
The number of unvaccinated Americans has dropped from 100 million in July to 66 million.
Part 1 of a 2-part commentary explains the differences in cloth face coverings and surgical masks, the science of respiratory protection, and the hierarchy of disease controls.
About 1.5 million people died from tuberculosis in 2020, up from 1.4 million in 2019, and reporting of cases has dropped substantially.
Using COVID-19 viral load and viral cultures from 110 children, researchers suggest that children may serve as reservoirs for COVID-19, furthering transmission and viral evolution.
A second Ebola case has been confirmed in the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a city health official from the city of Beni told Reuters.
Deaths also fall in most parts of the world, though fatalities increased 11% in Europe.
Data on more than 250,000 survivors reveal 54% had at least 1 symptom 6 months or more after diagnosis.
More than 3,500 organizations have mandated COVID-19 vaccines for employees.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released a new tool to help countries calculate the costs of implementing multisectoral national action plans (NAPs) for antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
While the absolute risk of acquiring COVID-19 in the hospital was low—up to 0.75% risk per day of exposure pre-Delta (B1617.2) variant—patients or healthcare workers (HCWs) with COVID-19 nonetheless can be factors in the spread of COVID-19, a study published yesterday in PLOS One says.
