New data show that that 78% of compassionate-use bacteriophage treatments given to patients since 2018 have resulted in a favorable outcome.
Nocebo is a phenomenon in which people experience negative effects when they have negative views or expectations.
Patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 breathing problems are less likely to need intubation if they lie face down, but the position's effect on death or other outcomes is inconclusive.
Study finds limited healthcare capacity, especially in rural areas, hampered COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
Overall cases are low, but the CDC is investigating reports from a Colorado hospital and from other states.
The EU looks to amend laws to require increasing stocks of essential medicines and offering more timely notifications of shortages.
US influenza activity is still low, flu vaccine protection is moderate, and WHO advisers only tweak the makeup of next year's flu vaccine.
A meta-analysis finds that the risk of an antibiotic-resistant infection in patients colonized with drug-resistant bacteria is around 14%.
The shortage is leading to delays in the testing of deer samples submitted by hunters.
After adjustment for risk factors, adherence to clinical guidelines was identified as a major protective factor.
Since the middle of May, 1,200 child deaths from measles and malnutrition have been reported from war-torn Sudan.
The company is seeking the FDA's go-ahead for first-in-human trials in patients with hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia.
The funding will support a project to develop diagnostic platforms that can detect drug-resistant infections and identify the right antibiotic in real time.
The findings were based on patients seen in King County, Washington.
The outbreak has sickened at least 63 people in 8 states, and 10 patients required hospital care.
Screening patients for Clostridioides difficile colonization was not useful for preventing C difficile infection, Dutch researchers report.
A study suggests a multidrug-resistant bacteria outbreak that sickened 4 patients and killed 3 was likely linked to a commercial water purification system.
Zevtera was approved for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, acute bacterial skin infections, and community-acquired pneumonia.
In other mpox developments, Africa CDC noted a worrying rise in Kinshasa and the WHO listed the first mpox test for emergency use.
Most of the kids who died were unvaccinated, and about half had no underlying health conditions.
Black patients were overrepresented as 37% of the patient population.
The outbreak involves 7 different Salmonella serotypes, 3 of which were found in samples from boxes used to ship poultry from hatcheries.
