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News Scan for Nov 06, 2020

UK study finds CRP tests tied to lower antibiotic prescribing for cough

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.

  • CRP stewardship testing for cough
  • Measles vaccine education
  • H9N2 avian flu case in China
  • Polio in 8 countries

News Scan for Oct 30, 2020

Telemedicine linked to more appropriate antibiotic prescribing for UTIs

Telemedicine visits for urinary tract infections (UTIs) were associated with more appropriate antibiotic prescribing and decreased use of diagnostic and follow-up resources than virtual visits, according to the results of a primary care network study published yesterday in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

  • UTI telemedicine antibiotic prescribing
  • ICE detention center outbreaks
  • Polio in 7 countries

News Scan for Oct 23, 2020

Ten countries add more cases to their polio totals

Ten countries reported a total of 87 new polio cases over the past week, including Afghanistan and Pakistan seven African nations, and Yemen, according to the latest update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).

  • Polio in 10 countries
  • Dutch H5N8 avian flu detections

News Scan for Oct 22, 2020

Report shows significant drop in European veterinary antibiotic sales

Sales of veterinary antibiotics in European countries fell by more than one-third from 2011 through 2018, according to a report yesterday from the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

  • Decline in Europe's veterinary antibiotics
  • Antibiotic research data shared
  • WHO polio statement

News Scan for Oct 16, 2020

US emergency sick leave act tied to reduced COVID-19 cases

The emergency sick leave provision of the Mar 18 bipartisan Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) appears to have reduced the spread of the virus. A Health Affairs study yesterday found that states where workers could get up to 2 weeks of paid sick leave showed 417 fewer confirmed cases per day, or an average of 1 prevented case per day per 1,300 workers.

  • Sick leave and the COVID curve
  • Who wears masks?
  • Polio in 6 countries
  • Peach-linked Salmonella outbreak winds down

News Scan for Oct 09, 2020

CDC closes investigation on 1,127-case Salmonella outbreak tied to onions

As of Oct 8, public health investigators and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have concluded their investigation of a Salmonella Newport outbreak that has resulted in 1,127 confirmed cases and 167 hospitalizations across 48 states.

  • Onion Salmonella probe over
  • Polio in 3 countries

News Scan for Sep 25, 2020

Salmonella outbreak tied to dried mushrooms sickens 41 in 10 states

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday announced a Salmonella Stanley outbreak linked to dried mushrooms in dishes served at ramen restaurants that has so far sickened 41 people in 10 states.

  • Mushroom Salmonella outbreak
  • Drop in Australian antibiotic use
  • Polio in 5 countries

News Scan for Sep 18, 2020

Certain underlying conditions stand out as COVID-19 hospitalization risk factors

Increased age, male sex, non-Hispanic black ethnicity, and certain underlying health conditions are associated with a greater risk of hospitalization from COVID-19, according to an analysis of data from more than 5,000 hospitalized adults. A group based at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported its findings today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

  • COVID-19 hospitalization factors
  • SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater
  • UK antibiotic resistance response
  • New polio cases in 6 nations

News Scan for Sep 11, 2020

Report shows steep declines in antibiotic use on British poultry farms

A report this week from the British Poultry Council (BPC) shows steep reductions in antibiotic use in recent years.

  • Antibiotic use falls in UK poultry
  • Orphan drug designation for antibiotic peptide
  • Five more DRC Ebola cases
  • More polio in 5 countries
  • Avian flu in Vietnam

News Scan for Sep 04, 2020

Early trials of Russian COVID-19 vaccine show safety, immune response

Today The Lancet published the results of two nonrandomized trials (called Sputnik V) of a Russian COVID-19 vaccine candidate, which showed no serious adverse events and demonstrated that the vaccine elicited an antibody response in study participants within 21 days of administration. The phase 1/2 trials were conducted in 76 healthy adults.

  • Russian COVID-19 vaccine data
  • Prioritizing COVID vaccines
  • CWD not spread in ticks
  • Polio in 3 countries
  • Avian flu in Russia

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