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CDC studies show drop in MDR bacteria, C diff in US hospitals

… Clostridium difficile MRSA Body In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, new data published today in the New … are a welcome bright spot as the nation grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. "Taken together, these data suggest that …
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Feds release new national antibiotic resistance plan

… challenges in implementing the plan will be the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has drawn away many of the public … previously focused on antibiotic resistance. Blaser said COVID-19 highlights why it's important for the United States …
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ASP Scan (Weekly) for Jul 15, 2022

… HIV, tuberculosis, and cancer has been introduced, and the COVID-19 pandemic has led to expedited assessments of clinical trials for COVID-19 treatments. Likewise, officials in Brazil have …

ASP Scan (Weekly) for Sep 23, 2022

… 2020 to 2021, to 37.1 per 100,000 bed-days. Overall, non–COVID-19 healthcare outbreaks and incidents declined, from … 2022 include further investigation into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare-associated infections and the …

Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Aug 12, 2021

… or region significantly declined in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. "This study implies that we need to …

News Scan for Jun 30, 2021

… and protect hard-won gains from new challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The new agreement consists of 10 strategic …

Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Dec 15, 2021

… development of new antibiotics. Citing the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to prepare for the long-term …

News Scan for Nov 20, 2020

… is voluntary across the state this year because of COVID-19 precautions, the DNR urges hunters in disease …

Uganda reports more Ebola cases; vaccine to arrive next week

District officials in the latest affected area of Uganda reported two more Ebola cases that involve family members of a recently confirmed case-patient in Jinja, according to the Monitor, a Kampala-based newspaper, reported today.

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News

Flu Scan for Mar 24, 2022

… at levels lower for this time of year for typical pre–COVID-19 pandemic seasons. Europe's levels also rose, mainly …

ASP Scan (Weekly) for Jun 05, 2020

… The WHO also expressed concern that antibiotic use in COVID-19 patients could exacerbate resistance trends. But the … against providing antibiotics to patients with mild COVID-19 or those with suspected or confirmed moderate COVID-19 unless there is clinical indication to do so, will …

Monkeypox epidemic control hinging on scarce vaccines

… vu amid higher demand than supply In echoes of the bumpy COVID-19 vaccine rollout, recent reports from the CDC , … that we don't replay the vaccine inequity experience of COVID-19 vaccines." Where to from here? "While the US did …
Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News
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News Scan for May 06, 2021

… PhD, the WHO's director-general, said a lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic is that the world needs more advanced data …

News Scan for May 15, 2020

… total to four in 2020. The GPEI also said that, because of COVID-19 related supply disruptions, some countries are …

News Scan for Aug 21, 2020

… terrain, which requires costly interventions and with COVID-19 draining resources and attention; it is hard to …

News Scan for May 03, 2021

… had mild symptoms, were tested and were negative for COVID-19, and recovered. One patient had H1N2v and another …

News Scan for Sep 15, 2021

… that flu activity and detection are likely affected by COVID-19 measures and the pandemic's impacts on surveillance. …

News Scan for Mar 10, 2022

… data should be interpreted with caution as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has influenced to varying extents health …

Flu Scan for Apr 21, 2022

… in North America, though at lower levels than in pre-COVID seasons. Europe's flu activity has stabilized. …

Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Jul 07, 2020

… These efforts must be robust and sustained, they said. "COVID-19 has so poignantly reminded us that we need to build …

ASP Scan (Weekly) for Jan 15, 2021

… success rate for oral antibiotics be considered during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to free up hospital resources at a time of bed capacity shortages and to reduce the risk of COVID-19 exposure for patients with uncomplicated …

Report highlights 'fragile and failing' antibiotic pipeline

… might seem like a fair number. But a comparison to COVID-19 and oncology drugs provides a stark example of how … for new antibiotics really is. In 2020-21, there were 260 COVID-19 antivirals in clinical development. For breast …
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News Scan for Oct 25, 2022

… viruses have been disrupted since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic early in 2020," the CDC said. "Beginning in …

Flu Scan for Apr 17, 2020

… The CDC continues to caution that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people and the reasons for …

Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Jan 22, 2021

… auris has been observed in acute care hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since C auris was identified in 2009 in …

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