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Israelis who got a booster dose had 11.3 times fewer COVID-19 infections.
High-level groups and vaccine companies say there's enough vaccine, but several obstacles block doses from getting to low- and middle-income countries.
FDA says any booster will have to affect deaths and hospitalizations, not just immune response.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday launched a toolkit to help healthcare payers support appropriate antibiotic use in outpatient settings.
Almost half of New York women who had been trying to become pregnant before COVID-19 stopped trying during the first few months of the pandemic, according to survey results published in JAMA Network Open yesterday.
Risk factors for being infected include outdoor work exposures, crowded living conditions, and high body mass index.
"We are no longer able to provide the standard of care to each and every patient who needs our help."
The regimen involves 2 different vaccines and was shown safe in adults and children.
All global regions saw declines, yet nearly 4 million new cases and more than 62,000 deaths were reported.
Researchers in Switzerland have identified an increase in New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM)–producing Enterobacterales, according to a report published today in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Cloth or surgical facial masks reduced SARS-CoV-2 RNA 77% in exhaled coarse aerosol particles and 48% in exhaled fine aerosol particles, offering "modest" source control, according to a Clinical Infectious Diseases study yesterday. The study also found that the Alpha (B117) COVID-19 variant contained 43-fold more fine-aerosol viral RNA compared with earlier virus strains.
More than 243,000 child COVID-19 cases were reported from Sep 2 to Sep 9, the second highest weekly total of the pandemic.
While welcoming the move, African leaders pushed for multiple ways to boost vaccine access, including easing export bans.
Of the cancer patients, 62% reached the highest possible antibody levels.
A review and meta-analysis of point-prevalence surveys conducted in Asia over the past two decades found concerning levels of resistance to first-line and last-resort antibiotics in foodborne pathogens isolated from aquatic animals, researchers reported late last week in Nature Communications.
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients were more likely to have autoantibodies, or self-attacking antibodies, than those without COVID-19, according to a study today in Nature Communications.
Any gain "will not outweigh the benefits of providing initial protection to the unvaccinated," one expert says.
Americans are evenly split on requiring proof of vaccination for everyday activities.
Researchers suggest low staff vaccination rate may have affected the outbreak.
