Weekly Digest

August 24, 2020
Weekly Digest: Testing and isolation strategies to significantly reduce novel coronavirus transmission; Study supports convalescent plasma as early treatment for severe COVID-19; Analysis finds 36% of UTIs in US nursing homes resistant to antibiotics. Read More
August 17, 2020
Weekly Digest: Broad-spectrum antibiotic use common among COVID-19 patients; COVID-19-related disruptions to increase burden of malaria and HIV in Africa; Social media messages influence vaccination patterns in US. Read More
August 10, 2020
Weekly Digest: COVID-19 leads to increased rates of hospital antibiotic prescribing; Safely reopening UK schools will require comprehensive COVID-19 testing & tracing; Vaccine programs provide high financial benefits for LMICs. Read More
August 3, 2020
Weekly Digest: Most early COVID-19 cases linked to travel to Italy, China, and Iran; Novel coronavirus may have been circulating in bats for decades; Study highlights robustness of US vaccine approval system. Read More
July 27, 2020
Increasing global consumption of Watch antibiotics reflects stewardship challenges; Hospital masking policy associated with reduced rates of COVID-19 in healthcare workers; Antibiotics recommended for crop production at high rates in Southeast Asia. Read More
July 20, 2020
Weekly Digest: Persistent COVID-19 symptoms common among patients following recovery; COVID-19 disproportionately impacts US prisoners; Antimicrobial resistance and use has increased in Canada, report finds. Read More
July 13, 2020
Weekly Digest: Ethnic and socioeconomic inequities impact COVID-19 mortality in Brazil; Novel coronavirus more transmissible and harder to contain than similar viruses; GLASS report highlights progress on global AMR surveillance systems. Read More
July 6, 2020
Weekly Digest: Study supports social distancing as effective COVID-19 mitigation measure in US; COVID-19-related inflammatory syndrome leads to serious illness among children; Flu virus with pandemic potential emerges among pigs in China. Read More
June 29, 2020
Weekly Digest: Novel coronavirus antibodies decline quickly following recovery; Face masks prevent droplet transmission, but lack complete protection; Two-thirds of medically important antibiotics sold in the US are used for livestock production. Read More

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