The team will study more than 16,000 isolates collected from 50 US nursing homes to identify key sources and drivers of multi drug resistant-organism spread.
The single-center study suggests that hospital sinks and showers may play in spreading carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE).
The condition is mainly linked to bites from the lone star tick, which are most common in the South and Midwest.
BWC0977 has shown the potential for patients with serious infections caused by pathogens that are resistant to multiple classes of antibiotics and are increasingly difficult to treat.
The newly added medications include pretomanid, a new drug for highly resistant TB, as well as bedaquiline, linezolid, and moxifloxacin.
The new outbreak facilities produce foxes, mixed-breed foxes, mink, and raccoon dogs.
Of positive flu samples at national labs, 68.5% were influenza, and of subtyped samples, 66.2% were the 2009 H1N1 virus.
Australian researchers developed a model that predicted hospitalizations, which could give facilities 1 to 4 weeks to prepare for influxes.
States are keeping residents posted on warm-weather infectious disease threats, some water-borne and others spread by mosquitos.
The trials launching are part of four platforms, which target viral persistence, neurologic symptoms, sleep problems, and autonomic system issues.
Meanwhile, new clinical findings from Tokyo suggest that asymptomatic mpox cases are underestimated.
Scientists suggest the bacteria are an underrated cause of bloodstream infections and septic shock, and more study is needed to understand why.
The authors said pairing rapid tests with early algorithm-based management can significantly reduce healthcare resource use.
Emergent has received a 10-year BARDA contract worth up to $704 million for advanced development and supply of a monoclonal antibody.
While only 58% of respondents had heard of the payment model, 70% said it was a good step, 69% said it would improve treatment, and 58% said it would help stimulate new antibiotics.
Researchers used a membrane contaminated with MRSA to mimic a bed bug feeding through the skin of a host colonized with the drug-resistant pathogen.
Two-dose COVID vaccine effectiveness (VE) was 49%, 26%, and 7% for children, teens, and young adults, respectively, but 3-dose VE against death was 65%.
Twenty-seven metabolites were still dysregulated in long-COVID patients compared with controls after 2 years.
If approved, the product would be the first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine specifically designed for adults.
Having 2 or more underlying medical conditions raised the risk of ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, and in-hospital death.
Use of a rapid PCR test in patients with infectious diarrhea did not reduce antibiotic use compared with stool culture, but the findings might not be generalizable.
Quaternary-ammonium disinfectants, which are widely used in US hospitals, were less effective.
Bavarian Nordic has received a US government contract for $120 million to manufacture more of its Jynneos smallpox/mpox vaccine.
Full or partial adherence to all 7 CDC core elements was reported in only 29% of the hospitals, and 24% had at least 2 deficient core elements.
Since 2013, Iowa officials have confirmed 260 cases of chronic wasting disease in 16 counties.
