Against the backdrop of a global push for new COVID vaccines that can provide broader and longer lasting protection, Codagenix today announced that its live-attenuated intranasal vaccine candidate prompted robust humoral and cellular immunity in adults…
The results of a randomized trial indicate a universal decolonization strategy could cut infection-related hospitalization in nursing home residents. The study, published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that nursing homes that used a…
Research on long COVID in children is limited, and reported prevalences range widely, from less than 1% to 70%. And while it's a relatively new condition in an evolving field, experts say it could be…
As many countries brace for more highly pathogenic avian flu outbreaks with seasonal bird migration and weather changes, scientists from the United Kingdom today reported that breeding chickens that can resist the viruses—with an assist…
A new study by researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that despite a decrease in overall antibiotic use, most US adults hospitalized with COVID-19 continued to receive antibiotics beyond the first year…
Cambodia has reported two fatal infections linked to H5N1 avian influenza, though it’s not yet known whether the virus belongs to the 2.3.2.1c clade known to circulate in the country’s poultry or if the deaths…
“We are concerned over the execution of a decree for the construction of the canal in the Punjab portion…The decree stands…Something would have to be done”.This is the stand of the Supreme Court relating to…
Today in JAMA Network Open, a new study shows that the incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) increased during the pandemic, and survival decreased. Rather than being directly linked to acute COVID-19 infections, the authors said the changes…
A diagnostic stewardship intervention at a large urban hospital was associated with a significant reduction in catheter-associated urinary tract infections, researchers reported today in the American Journal of Infection Control. The intervention at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County,…
Today in its weekly update on COVID-19 activity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said several markers of the virus were trending downward, including emergency department visits and test positivity. Test positivity from September 24…
