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News Scan for May 07, 2021

Experts estimate global COVID-19 deaths may actually be double

Direct COVID-19 deaths may be more than double previous estimates, according to a report yesterday by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).

  • High global COVID deaths
  • Obesity and severe COVID-19
  • Polio in 2 countries
  • Boost in monkeypox-smallpox vaccine supply

News Scan for Apr 30, 2021

Study finds low rate of mom-to-baby COVID-19 spread, effect on infants

Infants born to women with COVID-19 have a low chance of contracting the disease from their mothers and having complications, according to a study published yesterday in JAMA.

  • Maternal COVID and infant outcomes
  • Nasopharyngeal swab complications
  • Flu vaccine nudges
  • Polio in 9 countries

News Scan for Apr 16, 2021

MRSA hospital return tied to extensive antibiotic exposure, C diff infection

Secondary analysis of patients from a postdischarge decolonization trial of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers found that re-hospitalization for MRSA was associated with extensive exposure to non-MRSA antibiotics and Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), researchers reported today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

  • Antibiotic use in re-hospitalized MRSA patients
  • H1N1v flu case in Wisconsin
  • Polio in 10 countries

News Scan for Apr 09, 2021

Nigeria reports H5 avian flu infections in poultry workers

Nasal swab testing of poultry workers and handlers in recent highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu outbreak settings in Nigeria turned up seven positive results in humans, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in its weekly communicable disease threat report.

  • H5 flu infections in Nigeria
  • H5N6 avian flu case in Laos
  • Polio in 3 countries

News Scan for Apr 02, 2021

CDC reports 8-state Salmonella outbreak tied to wild songbirds

Eight people have been hospitalized amid a 19-person Salmonella outbreak linked to wild songbirds in eight states, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigation notice released yesterday.

  • Salmonella outbreak tied to songbirds
  • Ebola case in Guinea
  • Polio in 2 countries

News Scan for Mar 30, 2021

Study shows deeper COVID impact in socially vulnerable neighborhoods

An analysis of neighborhood-level data in three US cities highlights the racial and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 positivity, incidence, and mortality, researchers reported today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

  • COVID-19 and social vulnerability
  • CARB-X funds for gonorrhea vaccine
  • Polio vaccinator killings
  • Avian flu in 2 nations

News Scan for Mar 29, 2021

Adults 20-49 key to last year's US COVID-19 resurgence, study says

Adults 20 to 49 years old may be sustaining the resurgence of COVID-19, according to a study published late last week in Science.

  • Young adults and COVID-19
  • Pre-symptomatic COVID spread
  • Vaccine-derived polio rise

News Scan for Mar 26, 2021

Long-haul COVID-19 likelihood associated with middle age, female sex

Researchers reporting on two non-peer–reviewed studies published this week on the preprint server medRxiv followed up months after adults' COVID-19 hospitalization and found that 55% to 71% have not fully recovered. Middle age and female sex were associated with a higher likelihood of worse recovery in both studies.

  • Long COVID-19 in women
  • Pandemic PPE shortages
  • North Carolina H1N1v flu case
  • Polio in 2 countries

News Scan for Mar 19, 2021

Culling completed at Wisconsin farm where CWD-positive deer found

Animal health officials in Wisconsin announced yesterday that they have completed depopulation of a white-tail deer herd at a Burnett County breeding farm where chronic wasting disease (CWD) was found in a buck in October 2020.

  • Wisconsin CWD cull
  • Call for more federal AMR funds
  • Global antibiotic stewardship efforts
  • Polio in 3 countries

News Scan for Mar 12, 2021

NIAID awards grants for bacteriophage research

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced yesterday that it has awarded $2.5 million in grants to support research on bacteriophage therapy.

  • Grants for phage research
  • Guinea Ebola source
  • Multistate E coli outbreak
  • More polio in 6 nations

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