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Adapting COVID-19 standards of care to evolving information about optimal treatments may have shortened recovery and reduced deaths.
Six states reported more highly pathogenic avian flu outbreaks in poultry flocks over the past few days, including three that reported large losses in commercial poultry, according to updates from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
More than 70% of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions from primary healthcare facilities were inappropriate.
Rates of antimicrobial resistance in urinary E coli isolates are rising in both hospitals and the community.
The outbreak is unusual in its scale and seasonality.
The changes target racist and stigmitizing language surrounding a term that came into use in 1970.
The agreement paves the way for bold, specific committments at a UN high level AMR meeting in 2024.
The latest case is the stillborn baby of a mother who survived Ebola.
Our weekly wrap-up of antimicrobial stewardship & antimicrobial resistance scans
Originally published by CIDRAP News Nov 23
Adult US COVID-19 patients who received the antiviral drug Paxlovid within 5 days after diagnosis had a 51% lower hospitalization rate than nonrecipients.
Data that are not yet peer-reviewed indicate that a single Jynneos vaccine dose provides 78% protection against monkeypox 14 days or more after vaccination.
Amid a shortage of the antibiotic amoxicillin, the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued guidance on alternatives to the oral powder formulation for suspension.
The latest outbreaks put the nation's poultry losses for the year at 50.5 million, which ties the record set in the outbreaks of 2015.
Canada saw an increase in the sales of antibiotics for use in food production animals in 2020, a new report finds.
The trial will investigate whether an early IV-to-oral transition improves outcomes in patients with gram-negative bloodstream infections.
The phase 3 trial will test the efficacy of ganaplacide/lumefantrine-SDF against standard treatment, including against drug-resistant malaria.
The antiviral drug remdesivir and corticosteroids were tied to better outcomes in COVID-19 patients admitted directly to a hospital ward.
Researchers found no evidence of disease spread in Dutch sexual networks of men who have sex with men before May.
The burden of antimicrobial resistance declined 4.2% from 2017 to 2021, and antibiotic use fell 15.1%.
Rural US MSM have significantly different attitudes about vaccination and disease prevention, a new survey shows.
