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News Scan for Jun 17, 2022

Report spotlights impact of COVID-19 on adults with disabilities

Rates of COVID-19 hospitalization among adult Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities were almost 50% higher than rates among elderly beneficiaries with no disability, according to a study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

  • COVID-19 and disabilities
  • More monkeypox cases
  • Unexplained hepatitis in US, Europe
  • Polio in Africa

News Scan for Jun 10, 2022

Backyard poultry-linked Salmonella outbreaks sicken 219 in 38 states

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday said it and health officials in multiple state are investigating Salmonella outbreaks tied to backyard poultry that have sickened 219 people, 1 fatally, in 38 states.

  • Backyard poultry Salmonella
  • Antibiotic trial collaboration
  • Polio in 5 countries
  • Avian flu in US, Europe

News Scan for Jun 03, 2022

Data show Paxlovid halves the risk of severe Omicron disease, death

A study of 4,737 COVID-19 patients in Israel conducted during the Omicron surge concludes that Pfizer's antiviral drug Paxlovid roughly halves the risk of severe COVID-19 or death, according to findings published yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

  • Paxlovid against Omicron
  • Drug-resistant Salmonella in Brazilian chicken
  • Polio in Pakistan, DRC
  • Avian flu outbreaks persist

News Scan for May 27, 2022

Asymptomatic COVID-19 may not spread as easily as symptomatic

Symptomatic COVID-19 cases are responsible for more viral transmission than asymptomatic infections, suggests an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of 130 studies published yesterday in PLOS Medicine.

  • Asymptomatic COVID-19 spread
  • More peanut butter Salmonella
  • Wild poliovirus in Pakistan
  • Avian flu outbreak funds
  • More UK unexplained hepatitis

News Scan for May 20, 2022

Study: Omicron caused 3 times as many deaths as Delta in Massachusetts

More adults died of COVID-19 in Massachusetts in the first 8 weeks of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant surge than in the entire 23-week Delta period, suggests a modeling study published today in JAMA.

  • Omicron vs Delta deaths
  • Waning COVID vaccine immunity
  • Avian flu in US, Gabon
  • Polio cases in Africa

News Scan for May 18, 2022

Meta-analysis supports shorter antibiotic course for kids' pneumonia

A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials of antibiotic treatment for children with community-acquired pneumonia provides further support for shorter treatment duration, Finnish researchers reported yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

  • Fewer antibiotics for kids' pneumonia
  • Polio in Mozambique
  • H5N6 avian flu death in China
  • Avian flu strikes NJ poultry
  • Salmonella in European chocolate

News Scan for May 13, 2022

Michigan reports avian flu in fox kits as US outbreaks increase

Michigan's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) yesterday reported three highly pathogenic avian flu cases in red fox kits in three different counties, which came closely on the heels of a similar report from Minnesota.

  • More avian flu in US foxes
  • Qatari MERS cases
  • Unexplained hepatitis in Europe
  • Polio in Africa

News Scan for May 06, 2022

Over 40% of COVID patient stool samples had viral RNA but no live virus

Over 40% of 79 stool samples from COVID-19 patients admitted to one of four hospitals in Spain contained SARS-CoV-2 RNA but no live virus, suggesting a negligible ability to replicate in this medium and a very low likelihood of fecal-oral viral transmission, finds a study published yesterday in Scientific Reports.

  • Low fecal-oral COVID-19 risk
  • COVID disparities in pregnancy
  • More avian flu outbreaks
  • Polio in Pakistan, Nigeria

News Scan for Apr 29, 2022

Sensitivity of home COVID rapid antigen tests peaks 4 days after illness onset

The sensitivity of home rapid antigen COVID-19 tests peaks 4 days after symptom onset, suggesting that a negative antigen test should be followed by a second test in 1 or 2 days, according to a prospective study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine.

  • Sensitivity of COVID rapid antigen tests
  • Peds hepatitis clinical findings
  • CWD legislation introduced
  • Dental antibiotics trial
  • More polio in 3 countries

News Scan for Apr 22, 2022

Study reveals COVID-19 death rate 3 times higher than for flu in adults

Adults hospitalized early in the pandemic with COVID-19 were at more than triple the risk of death than those with influenza, despite the flu patients being older and having more chronic illnesses, according to new data from Spain to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), which starts tomorrow.

  • COVID vs flu death rate
  • Avian flu outbreaks expand
  • US flu still rising
  • Wild poliovirus in Pakistan

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