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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 …
Chris Dall | News Reporter | CIDRAP News
Faucet dripping in the desert

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 …

News Scan for Dec 03, 2021

… the patient had mild symptoms and recovered. The patient's COVID-19 test was negative, but regular flu surveillance …

Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Jul 09, 2021

… infections, and 37.1% were also co-infected with COVID-19. "Shionogi is excited to share these real-world data …

US approaches 2,000 monkeypox cases

… and an overburdened healthcare system depleted by COVID-19 are making swift diagnosis and treatment difficult. …
Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News
Monkeypox on person's hands

News Scan for Jul 07, 2022

… are exploring several other possibilities, including prior COVID-19 infection, cofactors, atypical immune response, or …

News Scan for Jun 18, 2020

… despite insecurity in the area and a lockdown due to COVID-19. The Yersinia pestis bacterium that causes plague is …

News Scan for Apr 15, 2020

… trends should be interpreted with caution because the COVID-19 pandemic might be influencing health-seeking …

News Scan for Jan 07, 2021

… extra efforts to test for flu against the backdrop of COVID-19, global levels remain well below expected levels for …

News Scan for Apr 15, 2021

… syndrome coronavirus), and now SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. For the study, researchers looked at blood test …

WHO says monkeypox containable, but nations should be on alert

… a disease the public should be worried about; this is not COVID," Briand said, before explaining the WHO believes …
Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News
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