News & Perspective

Aug 24, 2021

Aug 24, 2021
Preparing arm for COVID shot

CDC: Unvaccinated 5 times more likely to get COVID-19

And those not vaccinated are 29 times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID.

Aug 24, 2021
Health workers putting on protective equipment

Study: Patients, not staff, source of most hospital COVID spread

Also, 21% of patients caused 80% of infections, UK researchers find.

Aug 24, 2021
Veterinarian checking pigs

Global group urges limits on antimicrobials in food production

An AMR group calls on all countries to stop using drugs in animals that are critical for human medicine.

Aug 24, 2021
Airplane leaving Kabul airport, Afghanistan

WHO airs concern over COVID control, medical supplies in Afghanistan

With no planes landing in Kabul, "We have no way to get supplies into the country."

Aug 24, 2021

News Scan for Aug 24, 2021

Two multistate Salmonella outbreaks
HPV vaccine and high-risk strains
Plague case in China
Aug 24, 2021

COVID-19 Scan for Aug 24, 2021

Homebound seniors during pandemic
Post-vaccine COVID antibodies in breast milk

Aug 23, 2021

Aug 23, 2021
Pharmacist dosing the Pfizer COVID vaccine

Pfizer COVID vaccine gains full FDA approval

Full approval allows more businesses, schools, and organizations to mandate vaccine use among employees and students.

Aug 23, 2021
Masked people in a crowded subway

COVID may be most infectious 2 or 3 days around symptom onset

Also, illness severity in close contacts and index patients appears to be linked.

Aug 23, 2021
Social distancing sign in New Zealand

New Zealand extends COVID-19 lockdown again

Auckland, the country's largest city and main hot spot, will have restrictions in place until at least Aug 31.

Aug 23, 2021

Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Aug 23, 2021

Biomarker for COVID pneumonia treatment
Antibiotic development report

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