The Food and Drug Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine approval issued Aug. 27 comes with restrictions on who’s eligible to receive the vaccine. Meanwhile, the administration has endorsed seasonal influenza vaccines –…
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This year’s annual conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) featured a wide variety of sessions, including the perennial updates for practice. In this issue…
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When a disease-causing virus or other organism is transmitted from one species to another, most of the time the infection sputters and dies out. On rare occasions, the infection can…
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A recent visit to a health clinic or hospital – not antibiotic use – is the strongest predictor of carrying bacteria resistant to critical antibiotics, according to a new study…
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Children may be more likely to survive a rare, potentially fatal influenza complication if they receive rapid treatment for brain swelling and extreme immune responses, a Stanford Medicine-led report found….
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Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s deadliest infectious disease-and one of the hardest to cure. Standard treatment requires a cocktail of multiple drugs over at least six months, and one in…
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Excessive antibiotic utilization in hospital settings catalyzes the emergence and dissemination of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria, with sanitary facilities serving as critical vectors for their propagation. This study by Neidhöfer, et…
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We all remember the advice frequently repeated during the COVID pandemic: maintain six feet of distance from every other human when waiting in a line to avoid transmitting the virus….
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A new study analyzing more than 3,200 hospitals across the United States (U.S.) has revealed stark differences in how patients rate their hospital experiences depending on where they receive care….
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A team of experts from McMaster University has led the creation of Canada’s first-ever comprehensive guidelines for diagnosing, managing, preventing, and treating post COVID-19 condition (PCC), more commonly known as…
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Since the start of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, several variants of the virus have developed into Variants of Concern (VOCs), as classified by the World Health Organization (WHO). VOCs are virus…
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