Urgent Updates - November 26, 2021 ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN AMBIENT FINE PARTICULATE MATTER AND CHILD RESPIRATORY INFECTION: THE ROLE OF PARTICULATE MATTER SOURCE COMPOSITION IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH.Short-term increases in ambient air...

ASPERGILLOSIS IS COMMON AMONG COVID-19 PATIENTS IN THE ICU A multinational study published in the CDC journal Emerging Infectious Diseases shows that as many as 15% of patients with COVID-19 who are...

COVID VACCINE MAKERS BRACE FOR A VARIANT WORSE THAN DELTAThe possible emergence of an ‘escape variant’, a dominant strain of SARS-CoV-2 that evades the fledgling immunity established through vaccines and...

MIXING COVID VACCINE BOOSTERS MAY BE BETTER OPTION: STUDYThe new US government preprint study was published recently in medRxiv ahead of peer review, just before a slate of meetings involving...

TRENDS IN OUTPATIENT ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIPTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN 2020Following the arrival of COVID-19 in the US, there were significant reductions in prescription fills with...

ANTIBIOTICS FOR LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION IN CHILDREN PRESENTING IN PRIMARY CARE IN ENGLAND (ARTIC PC): A DOUBLE-BLIND, RANDOMISED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIALAntibiotics are very commonly prescribed for children presenting with uncomplicated...

INFLUENZA VACCINATION AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, MULTICENTER TRIALObservational and small randomized studies suggest that influenza vaccination early after an MI or in high-risk coronary heart disease resulted...

ANTIVAXXERS GARGLING WITH THE ANTISEPTIC BETADINEThe idea that gargling with the common antiseptic Betadine will prevent COVID-19 is finding a home in corners of social media, but there’s no evidence...

THE IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) ON HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS IN 2020: A SUMMARY OF DATA REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL HEALTHCARE SAFETY NETWORKCentral–line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), catheter-associated urinary tract infections...

ED DOCS ARE CLEANING UP THE MESSES OF MEDICAL TOURISMTraveling to get the lowest price for surgery procedures has been a rising phenomenon since the early 2000s. Many countries are...