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Also, preliminary phase 3 data on Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine candidate show 90% effectiveness.
In a Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report (MMWR) study today, data from the Premier Healthcare Database showed that, of 106,543 patients who survived after being admitted for COVID-19 from March through July, 9,504 (8.9%) were readmitted to the same hospital within 2 months of discharge for any condition, infectious disease–related or not.
Daily infectious disease (ID) consultation in an Italian hospital was associated with reduced antibiotic consumption compared with weekly ID consultation, Italian researchers reported late last week in BMC Infectious Diseases.
WHO experts said today that so far there's no sign the virus behaves differently, but more research is needed.
Extensive contact tracing found that frequent social interactions with extended family, plus the greater community, helped spread the virus.
A steep jump in cases yesterday comes as hospitals in some states are already feeling pressure, with experts saying the nation's COVID situation is likely to get worse.
New reports depict a resilient industry with more potential during COVID-19.
A University College London (UCL) and UCL Hospital study this week found that COVID-19–associated ischemic strokes—caused by an obstruction of blood vessels in the brain—are more severe and more likely to result in disability or death than non-COVID strokes are, and Asian people are especially hard-hit.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
The use of point-of-care C-reactive protein (CRP) tests in primary care practices reduced the odds of prescribing antibiotics for cough by 21%, a non-significant but clinically relevant reduction, researchers reported yesterday in Eurosurveillance.
As cases top 9.5 million, the nationwide spike is straining US hospitals.
Greece joins a host of other European nations in ordering a second round of lockdowns.
Few US patients sought in-person care in the first 2 months of the pandemic.
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Chicago area analyzed movement networks during a COVID-19 outbreak at the Cook County Jail in Chicago, finding that medical isolation and contact interventions were effective at reducing transmission.
Health Canada yesterday announced that a rare variant H1N2 (H1N2v) influenza case has been confirmed in Alberta, marking the province's only flu case reported so far this season.
All 41 patients had extensive lung damage, while 36 had massive abnormal clotting.
US hospitalizations are rising, and facilities are converting wards into ICUs and seeking more staff.
The study demonstrates that machine learning models can be used for antibiotic stewardship.
A Duke University study yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases found a 77% infection rate in children who were close contacts of a COVID-19 case, providing evidence for efficient viral transmission in children. Hispanic ethnicity and having a SARS-CoV-2–infected sibling were risk factors, but asthma was associated with reduced risk.
Pregnant women had 3 times the risk of ICU care and mechanical ventilation.
