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CDC recommends doxy PEP for high-risk groups to stem sexually transmitted infections

… reported in 2022. Aside from a brief drop during the COVID-19 pandemic, STI rates have shown no signs of decline.  …
Chris Dall
STD test

New data show antibiotic resistance, consumption climbing in Europe

… in community antibiotic use in the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The EU population-weighted mean total …
Chris Dall
Klebsiella pneumoniae colonies

WHO report highlights burden, impact of healthcare-associated infections

… report also notes that improvements achieved during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been recently lost, with some …
Chris Dall
Scientists looking at petri dish

WHO calls for countries to address disruptions to TB services

… begun to recover from the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which the WHO estimates resulted in …
Chris Dall
TB poster in India

Public ignorance, apathy toward avian flu could threaten containment, researchers say

… were mentally and emotionally exhausted by the constant COVID-19 pandemic–related cycle of health warnings and …
Mary Van Beusekom
Two chickens at food trough

Kennedy defends HHS budget cuts before House, Senate committees

… that has been tested in a placebo-controlled trial was the COVID vaccine.  "The other 76 shots that children in this …
Chris Dall
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

National Academies report says US not ready for intentional, accidental smallpox outbreak

… Van Beusekom, MS Body With the bungled responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and a recent mpox outbreak still fresh in …
Mary Van Beusekom
Smallpox sign

Kids with flu often don't get antiviral drugs, study shows

… and fewer children have received vaccines since the COVID-19 pandemic began, antivirals have an important role in …
Mary Van Beusekom
Sick boy with dog

CDC issues guidance on use of flu antiviral oseltamivir amid limited supply

… likely due to lower population immunity resulting from COVID-19 public health measures and flu virus interactions …
Mary Van Beusekom
Woman taking pills

McDonald's sets targets for reducing antibiotics in its beef supply

… reduction targets, a delay the company said was due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In February of this year, a coalition of …
Chris Dall
Cattle in field

The WHO fungal priority pathogens list as a game-changer

… for opportunistic fungal infection, hospitalization for COVID-19 and influenza, uncontrolled HIV infection, long-term …

This review describes the knowns and unknowns surrounding the global burden of serious fungal disease and the potential of the World Health Organization fungal priority pathogen list to guide research, resource allocation, and public health action.

Natalie Vestin, MPH

Computerized stewardship prompt linked to improved antibiotic prescribing in 2 trials

… was maintained during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic—a time when many hospitals were seeing an …
Chris Dall
Man in hospital and doctor looking at tablet

Amid layoffs at HHS, experts warn about impact on public health

… already seen an exodus of professionals in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic amid an overwhelming workload and public …
Chris Dall
Department of Health and Human Services building

Study: In low-income countries, few patients with highly resistant infections get the antibiotics they need

… rise in CRGN bacterial infections, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and dramatic reductions in global foreign …
Chris Dall
Antibiotic access illustration

Americans losing trust after public health leadership shakeups

… —has been declining for years, bottoming out during the COVID-19 pandemic. 'New fault lines are emerging' While trust …
Mary Van Beusekom
Skeptical woman

Agreement will expand access to key drug for resistant TB

… In addition, treatment for MDR-TB declined during the COVID-19 pandemic amid a reduction in essential TB services. …
Chris Dall
TB treatment in Thailand

CDC study characterizes 2022-23 flu season as highly severe, particularly for kids

… systems, especially those also treating large numbers of COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). These …
Mary Van Beusekom
Mom checking son's temp

Previously undetected H5N1 avian flu cases in farmworkers revealed in new report

… also detected SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in a nasal swab from a sick cow.  In addition, the …
Jim Wappes
Dairy farm worker in barn

RSV-prevention products tied to lower infant hospitalization rates in 2024-25

… including increasing parental vaccine reluctance since the COVID-19 pandemic.  The growing influence of social media …
Mary Van Beusekom
Baby being immunization against RSV in thigh

CDC vaccine panel recommends avoiding thimerosal in flu vaccines

Also, the group recommends Merck's RSV preventive for babies and weighs in on the upcoming season's flu vaccines.

Lisa Schnirring
flu vaccine vial

3 years in, flu vaccine R&D project reports substantial progress

… into clinical trials Identified important advancements in COVID-19 vaccine development  that can be applied to …
Mary Van Beusekom
Lab

For PASTEUR Act advocates, the finish line is in sight for antibiotic development aid

… closer than ever to becoming a reality in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and amid growing concern about rising …
Chris Dall
Blue and clear capsules

Antibiotic stewardship, data, and uncertainty: A conversation with Brad Spellberg

… 2024 alone. We have had way more FDA approvals despite the COVID pause, and there were no antibiotics developed for 3 or 4 years during COVID. Despite that pause, we've had way more antibiotics …
Chris Dall
Brad Spellberg

Trial suggests bacterial test could reduce antibiotics in kids with sinusitis

… barrier. They suggest rapid antigen tests, like those for COVID-19, or rapid molecular tests, could be an alternative. …
Chris Dall
Child blowing nose

CDC warns of increase in extensively drug-resistant shigellosis

… But that appears to be changing. Perhaps because of the COVID-19 pandemic, shigellosis cases in US children have …
Chris Dall
Shigella bacteria

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