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"While the situation in India is tragic, it is not unique." Surging cases are taxing healthcare systems.
For the first time since the pandemic started, all states are reporting declining cases.
An investigation into a Listeria moncytogenes outbreak linked to a New Jersey company's queso fresco cheese has ended, with 14 cases reported in four states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said May 14 in a final update.
Almost two thirds of homeless patients hospitalized for COVID-19 were of non-White descent and more than 80% had at least one comorbidity, according to a descriptive study in The Journal of Infectious Diseases yesterday.
Some say they need to confer with health officials to weigh local transmission status and risks.
Scientists also detected binding and neutralizing antibodies in infant cord blood and in breast milk, which were somewhat reduced for variants.
In the UK, quickly rising B1617.2 cases in some areas have triggered surge testing and other actions.
The studies assess whether tube placement is needed for recurrent ear infections and if stewardship practices can cut back on delayed antibiotic prescriptions.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
A rapid, cartridge-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) platform developed by scientists at Johns Hopkins University for detecting gonorrhea infections and providing antibiotic susceptibility results showed promising results in a study published this week in Science Translational Medicine.
A crowdsourcing appeal for creative solutions for safely reopening the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill amid the COVID-19 pandemic in fall 2020 netted 82 submissions from 110 students, faculty, and staff, according to a qualitative study today in JAMA Network Open.
"If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic."
The world's second most populous country has only 2.8% of its population fully vaccinated.
Vaccinating with both Pfizer and AstraZeneca is linked with more systemic symptoms in older adults.
The inaugural cohort of Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 Activity Rehabilitation Program (CARP) for post–COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) were mostly women, younger, had few pre-existing comorbidities, and experienced milder forms of COVID-19, but only a third were able to return to full-time work.
An analysis of administrative claims data in Japan found that newer, third-generation fluoroquinolones were not associated with an increased risk of Achilles tendon rupture, Japanese researchers reported this week in the Annals of Family Medicine.
A trial of the Pfizer vaccine in 2,260 young teens found only 1 serious side effect, a fever higher than 104°F.
The researchers estimate a 40% increase in the annual incidence of resistant Salmonella.
Half of the patients had altered brain function or structure, and almost 1 in 5 were in a coma.
The 8-month probe chronicled several failures that still fuel massive surges, with experts recommending a host of bold overhauls.
