Data from the WHO show that 81% of patients with severe COVID-19 received antibiotics, while an NIH study finds a 32% increase in resistant, hospital-acquired infections.
Study suggests medical masks may offer similar protecion as N95 respirators, but experts say hold on.
Public health professionals use some terms imprecisely, others incorrectly, and still others technically accurate but almost sure to be misunderstood by the public.
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A study published today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) highlights factors that may increase the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, among US poultry facility workers—especially those who are foreign-born.
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in the US continue to climb.
COVID-19 patients had 4 times the risk of mechanical ventilation and double the risk of ICU care.
Experts estimate that nearly a fourth of the world's people may not have access to a vaccine till at least 2022.
About 2 in 10 US school districts have said they will continue, or are considering continuing, distance learning after the COVID-19 pandemic ends, citing student and parent demand, according to a Rand Corporation study released yesterday.
Data show the vaccine protects against severe disease and may protect against asymptomatic infections, too.
Maximizing vaccine uptake includes setting examples, effective messaging, and apps to encourage the 2nd dose.
Officials noted more than 4.3 million new global infections in the past week, a 4% increase.
Investigators with the United Kingdom's RECOVERY trial reported yesterday that a preliminary analysis of data from the azithromycin arm of the trial showed the antibiotic had no impact on clinical outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Vaccine arrived at 145 centers today, and 425 sites will get deliveries tomorrow.