Today CARB-X announced it is funding $3.94 million to Cellics Therapeutics, based in San Diego, to further its nanomedicine treatment for sepsis.
Tuberculosis notifications in the hard-hit countries of India, Indonesia, and the Philippines have fallen 25% to 30% because of pandemic-related disruptions.
A case report today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report describes three cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among workers at an Ohio food-processing facility.
Seven more Ebola cases and three more deaths have been confirmed over the past few days in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) Equateur province outbreak, raising the total to 41 cases, which includes 17 deaths.
A long-standing practice of using antibiotics to test for TB is unreliable for diagnosing the disease.
A white paper published today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology calls on antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) to take steps to address the potential legal implications of stewardship activities.
A modest lockdown could add 1.8 million TB cases and 342,000 deaths globally over 5 years.
A new analysis of data from a randomized clinical trial that found that mass distribution of the antibiotic azithromycin to children under 5 years old was associated with reduced childhood mortality in three African countries suggests mortality reduction may be linked to effects on pneumonia, diarrhea, or HIV/AIDS mortality.
The WHO urges nations to maintain continuity of TB services as they respond to COVID-19.
Today Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a new MERS-CoV case in Al-Kharj, bringing the country's March tally to four infections, after the ministry reported 18 in February and 15 in January.