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Admissions for young patients with eating disorders rose during COVID-19's first year
Among young people, demand for both inpatient and outpatient care for eating disorders grew in the first year of the pandemic, according to a case series study published Nov. 7 in JAMA Pediatrics. -
Be alert for Ebola, CDC reminds clinicians
The CDC issued an Ebola update for clinicians Nov. 7, encouraging them to remain alert amid rising cases in Uganda. -
COVID-19 cases to jump 39% by Nov. 17, Mayo forecasts
COVID-19 cases are projected to increase by nearly 40 percent over the next two weeks, though it's still unclear whether hospitalizations and deaths may follow suit in November, according to national disease modeling. -
4,300 flu patients hospitalized last week: 7 FluView notes
Flu activity is ramping up across the U.S., with 4,326 lab-confirmed flu patients admitted to hospitals for the week ending Oct. 29, according to the CDC's latest FluView report. -
BQ.1 + BQ.1.1 make up 35% of US cases: 10 CDC findings
Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 — dubbed 'escape variants' for their immune evasiveness — now account for more than a third of U.S. COVID-19 cases, according to the CDC's COVID-19 data tracker weekly review published Nov. 4 -
53% of monkeypox cases may spread days before symptom onset, study suggests
A new study from researchers in the U.K. suggests monkeypox spread may occur up to four days before symptoms surface, and that presymptomatic transmission might be more "substantial" than previously thought. -
WHO ups Ebola risk assessment as cases rise in Uganda: 5 updates
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to 130, including 43 deaths, according to the World Health Organization. -
Winter COVID-19 surge will be less severe than last year, experts predict
In the coming months, the U.S. will likely see an increase in COVID-19 cases that is less severe than last winter's omicron surge, experts told Scientific American in a Nov. 1 report. -
8 recent COVID-19 findings
Here are eight COVID-19-related research findings Becker's has covered since Oct. 7: -
U of Missouri study finds high prevalence of COVID-19, flu coinfections
During the 2021-2022 influenza season, central Missouri saw a high prevalence of people coinfected with COVID-19 and the flu, according to a study involving 462 patients. -
Monkeypox still a public health emergency: WHO
The global monkeypox outbreak still constitutes a public health emergency, the World Health Organization determined during its third meeting on the matter. -
US COVID-19 admissions tick up: Where they're highest, rising fastest
The U.S. has seen a modest increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations over the last two weeks, according to HHS data compiled by The New York Times. -
Like playing football with no pads: 6 leaders contextualize the 'tripledemic'
With many children's hospitals facing unprecedented capacity issues amid a surge in respiratory syncytial virus, flu season admissions at the highest level in 13 years and highly transmissible omicron subvariants gaining prevalence nationwide, hospitals are bracing for a difficult winter. -
A first: Researchers find RSV, influenza can fuse together to create hybrid virus
For the first time, researchers have observed that respiratory syncytial virus and influenza viruses can merge to create a hybrid virus capable of evading the immune system, according to findings published Oct. 24 in Nature Microbiology. -
COVID-19 admissions to remain stable through mid-November, CDC forecasts
Although COVID-19 hospitalizations ticked up slightly last week, national disease modeling paints a foggy picture of whether this metric will continue to rise as highly transmissible omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 spread nationwide. -
CDC: New York wastewater sampling finds wider spread of polio that paralyzed unvaccinated resident
Wastewater testing has found polioviruses genetically tied to a case that left an unvaccinated Rockland County, N.Y., resident paralyzed this summer in at least five of the state's counties, according to a new CDC report. -
Cumulative flu hospitalization rate hits 13-year high
The CDC estimates there have already been nearly 7,000 flu hospitalizations in the U.S. this season, according to estimates in its latest FluView report. Not since the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic have cumulative hospitalizations been so high this early in the season. -
Jha: Bivalent boosters still effective as 'escape variants' gain traction
The White House's COVID-19 response coordinator is optimistic bivalent boosters will offer protection against omicron "escape variants" BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, which now account for nearly 30 percent of U.S. infections. -
Public health success hinges on connecting vision with funding, Harvard panelist says
Connecting the vision between funding and implementation regarding public health solutions can help implement change, according to one of the Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard School of Public Health panel of practitioners collaborating on public health solutions Oct. 26, as reported by The Harvard Crimson. -
US COVID-19 admissions tick up: 10 CDC findings
COVID-19 hospitalizations increased slightly this week after nearly two months of decline, while omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 — dubbed 'escape variants' for their immune evasiveness — continued to gain prevalence nationwide, according to the CDC's COVID-19 data tracker weekly review published Oct. 28.
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